House Speaker Kevin McCarthy turned over around 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 security footage exclusively to the Fox News pundit.
to a felony charge of obstructing an official proceeding and was sentenced to 41 months in prison.
Capitol Police officers who were defending against the mob have testified to their harrowing experiences — one said she was slipping in other people’s blood, while another told of being crushed in the mob — as they worked and ultimately failed to block the rioters from storming the Capitol. Carlson aired footage of Sicknick inside the Capitol picking up posters and politely ushering protesters out the door, portraying that as evidence the officer was not killed in the crush.
He said the program “cherry-picked” from calmer moments of the day, ignoring “the chaos and violence that happened before or during.” Law enforcement failures on Jan. 6 have been investigated in Congress and acknowledged: Police failed to heed signs of a looming attack and were slow to provide an adequate response, including reinforcement from the National Guard.
Republicans on Capitol Hill are mounting an effort to retell the history of Jan. 6 through the House Administration Committee, which has opened an online portal for submissions from the public.
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