{"id":1803988,"date":"2023-01-12T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T20:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1803988"},"modified":"2023-01-12T15:22:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T20:22:08","slug":"kevin-mccarthy-says-hes-engaged-to-release-january-6-security-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-says-hes-engaged-to-release-january-6-security-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCarthy Says He\u2019s \u2018Engaged\u2019 To Release January 6 Security Footage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-mccarthy-says-hes-engaged-to-release-january-6-security-footage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1803988&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Kevin McCarthy, the House Speaker (Republican from California), stated Thursday that he will push for disclosure of unreleased U.S. Capitol Security footage beginning January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the January 6 Committee. \u201creport that\u2019s written for a political basis,\u201d McCarthy stated to Capitol Hill reporters that the American people were important. \u201cshould see\u201d What happened that day. \u201cWe\u2019re looking through that,\u201d He concluded. \u201cI want to be very thoughtful about it. But yes, I\u2019m engaged to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerMcCarthy<\/a> says he\u2019s going to release all of the security footage from January 6. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RHaSnwJDAp\">pic.twitter.com\/RHaSnwJDAp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Dirty Truth (Josh) (@AKA_RealDirty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AKA_RealDirty\/status\/1613575243137781773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The comments come after Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-FL, stated Wednesday that McCarthy had been fired. \u201ctold us he\u2019s going to get the evidence out in front of the American people and that means releasing the 14,000 hours of tapes that have been hidden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz was speaking with Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA. He added that the footage was &#8220;a good example of what Turning Point USA is all about.&#8221; \u201cwould give more full context to that day rather than the cherry-picked moments the January 6 Committee tried to use to inflame and further divide our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Matt Gaetz says the American people will finally learn the truth about January 6. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lcz2EdfwhI\">pic.twitter.com\/Lcz2EdfwhI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1612908248797175809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On January 6, 2021, a crowd of people entered the U.S. Capitol, disrupting lawmakers meeting to certify President Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 election victory. The Capitol was captured by more than 100 cameras. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/29\/capitol-police-jan6-footage-478439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14,000 hours footage<\/a> According to the Capitol Police it occurred between noon and eight o&#8217;clock that day. The Capitol Police stated that even though the archive was accessible to congressional committees, law enforcement and other agencies, it was not available to attorneys for January 6 defendants. \u201csafeguards in place to prevent its copy and dissemination,\u201d And the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/zoetillman\/capitol-footage-lawsuit-release-insurrection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Government raised national security concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After nearly a year of hearings, investigations, and hearings that included security video clips from time to time, the January 6, Committee was established last month. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/22\/politics\/jan-6-committee-final-report\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publication of the final report<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-trump-charges-jan-6-panel-considered-but-did-not-approve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recommended charges<\/a> Against former President Donald Trump and began to <a href=\"https:\/\/january6th.house.gov\/media-center\/select-committee-witness-materials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can release many witness materials<\/a>. McCarthy was among several House Republicans that the January 6 Committee recommended. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/GPO-J6-REPORT\/pdf\/GPO-J6-REPORT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethics sanctions<\/a>\u00a0After defying its subpoenas.<\/p>\n<p>The House Republicans did their own investigation without being subpoenaed.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/january-6th-was-pelosis-fault-house-republicans-investigative-report-unveils-counter-narrative-of-u-s-capitol-riot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A rebuttal report was released<\/a> Rep. Jim Banks, R-IN, the leader of the effort said \u201cexposes the partisanship, incompetence and indifference that led to the disaster on January 6 and it the leading role Speaker Pelosi and her office played in the security failure at the Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy drew his five selections for the January 6 Committee summer 2021. After Pelosi refused to let Banks or Rep. Jim Jordan (R.OH) become members, five Republicans were selected to take part in the Republican investigation. Pelosi chose Liz Cheney, R-WY, and Adam Kinzinger, R-IL to be part the committee.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy was trying to win GOP Republicans to his bid to be speaker. <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/rules-package-highlights\/?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=1\/2\/23%20%20Punchbowl%20News%20AM&#038;utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acceptance of a Provision<\/a> In the House rules package to the new Congress session to demand the <a href=\"https:\/\/rules.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.rules118.house.gov\/files\/BILLS-118hresPIH-118th-rules-of-the-house-of-reps-V3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transfer of\u00a0records<\/a> From the January 6th Committee, to the House Administration Committee by February 17. It also provided for the creation of a select committee that would investigate the allegations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-republicans-to-start-committee-on-weaponization-of-the-federal-government-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cweaponization\u201d Federal government<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Thursday he is pushing for the disclosure of unreleased U.S. Capitol security footage from January 6, 2021. Taking a shot at the January 6 Committee and its \u201creport that\u2019s written for a political basis,\u201d McCarthy told reporters on Capitol Hill the American public \u201cshould see\u201d what happened on that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1803991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6202,13076,5254,5599,3780,3660,3663,3684,3646,6195],"class_list":["post-1803988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-daily","tag-engaged","tag-footage","tag-hes","tag-january","tag-kevin","tag-mccarthy","tag-release","tag-security","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1803988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1803991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1803988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1803988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1803988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}