Headline this morning:
Exclusive: McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to trove of Jan. 6 riot tape
At last the American public— those American citizens regarded as mortal enemies by Pelosi, Schumer et al— will start seeing what really happened on that afternoon as opposed to only hearing what CNNMSNBCNYTWPNBCABCCBS want you to know what really happened. Truly, a huge ray of that most cleansing commodity, the pure light of day on what they have managed to keep hidden from us all this time.
From the article:
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News' Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot, McCarthy sources tell me.
Carlson TV producers were on Capitol Hill last week to begin digging through the trove, which includes multiple camera angles from all over Capitol grounds. Excerpts will begin airing in the coming weeks.
Why it matters: Carlson has repeatedly questioned official accounts of 1/6, downplaying the insurrection as "vandalism."
Now his shows — "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Fox News, and "Tucker Carlson Today" and "Tucker Carlson Originals" on the streaming service Fox Nation — have a massive trove of raw material.
Carlson told me: "[T]here was never any legitimate reason for this footage to remain secret."
"If there was ever a question that's in the public's interest to know, it's what actually happened on January 6. By definition, this video will reveal it. It's impossible for me to understand why any honest person would be bothered by that."
Reality check: The Jan. 6 committee played numerous excerpts of the footage at last year's captivating hearings. (See the committee's archive.)
Between the lines: The process with Carlson started in early February, according to a communication between the show and a McCarthy representative that I was shown.
Another article this afternoon indicated there may be much more than the 14,000 hours of video originally reported:
Well, now it's happening. And despite initial reports at the time saying that there were 14,000 hours of footage from cameras around the Capitol complex set to be released, it turns out there's more — much more — and Speaker McCarthy is giving it exclusively to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
Please excuse my failure to “curb my enthusiasm”; while I know that just as we cannot predict the future, we cannot know that there are any “magic bullets” in this treasure trove of actual evidence, I see as rather persuasive evidence that there must have been a lot to hide in the fact that Pelosi kept it hidden this long. Only time will tell. In the meantime I am going to permit myself a little “guarded optimism.”
God Bless America!
Once the truth is out, every single J6 political prisoner must be released immediately, with lawsuits to follow.