Does the DOJ already have these tapes, or are law enforcement officials standing by to receive redacted evidence from House Republicans?
***From Rolling Stone’s Nikki McCann Ramirez:***
House Speaker Mike Johnson has promised to release more than 44,000 hours of surveillance footage from Jan. 6 to the public, with one major caveat: The faces of some individuals who participated in the storming of the Capitol, a violent attempt to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s election, will be blurred out.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Johnson said that “the release of the January 6 tapes is a critical and important exercise, we want transparency … we trust — House Republicans trust — the American people to draw their own conclusions.”
Johnson added that the party is going “through a methodical process of releasing them as quickly as we can” and that they “have to blur some of the faces of the persons who participated in the events of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliated against, and to be charged by the DOJ and to have other, you know, concerns and problems.”
It would be kinda funny if the DOJ released the same footage without the blurring, then asked the public to help them identify individuals that have not been identified already.
All the best people that you have to blur out to keep them from getting arrested. What a party.
Party of law and order protecting criminals. Do these people have *any* consistent principles?
The fact they are editing anything makes the footage absolutely worthless. They are clearly bent on shaping a narrative that is counter to facts. Otherwise why change or hide anything? Remember they were doing nothing wrong and it was antifa that actually triggered the riot. Ask yourself, why are Republicans so bent on protecting antifa?
The party of law and order, ladies and gentlemen!!
The double speak is wild. Blurring faces for transparency. Showing the truth so that we can see that it was the FBI while hiding identities from the FBI.
DoJ should release the same footage but unblurred to crowdsource finding traitors.
But I thought they were Antifa… Lmao at anyone gullible enough to believe Antifa is real.
Why the FUCK does one party have the right to edit the footage before release?
Release it unedited, or not at all.
>we want transparency
Except for the parts you’re intentionally making opaque.
“Transparency for me but not for thee!”
Remember: this guy’s got a *law degree*.
This is exactly how innocent people behave. /s
Why would Republicans want to protect antifa/BLM/And democrat false flag actors
Given that the DOJ already has the tapes this feels like an excuse. I’m no expert at video releases but my money is on the House being required to do this by law or policy and this is just pandering to the crazies to make them feel like they’re being protected. If they released a bunch of video and said, “we are legally required to blur faces,” Porno Johnson would be called a member of the cabal before he made it from the press conference to the Capitol cafeteria for lunch.
If Dems did anything similar places like r/conservative would be screaming over all sorts of conspiracy theories. But surprisingly silent when republicans do it.
Sounds like some typical law and order behavior.
Why are they protecting Antifa?
Gee that seems “ kinda guilty “ actions to take
“Party of law & order” protecting criminals.
Sounds like aiding and abetting after the fact to me
But they were just peacefully taking a tour…..
But they were antifa and FBI plants right? Why would the GOP want to protect them?… *Gasp* unless…
i thought the plan was to release the footage to exonerate people? did another stupid republican idea predictably fail again?
just today i saw a bumpersticker that read “the government is still locking up politcal opponents. vote accordingly”
If these people are antifa, why blur their faces?
I thought this country needed full disclosure? Wasn’t that the point in the first place?
Right, so how does this one spin?
“We are blurring the faces of Capitol Rioters…”
1. Because they attempted a coup and we’re trying to enable more of that?
2. Because there was no coup and we are protecting antifa members?
Which is it Mikey? Treason or coverup? Are you in support of overthrowing the US government, or are you hiding the boogeymen you made up?
Arrested for what?…. Hmmm??
But they feel revenge porn for Hunter Biden on the floor is totally okay. The hypocrisy is just totally mind-blowing.
Does the DOJ not have the unedited versions already? I can’t imagine that they wouldn’t.
But, why? One would think they would want the ANTIFA and FBI agitators identified?
Yea… gonna be hard for the conspiracy theorists to explain why the GOP is defending antifa, BLM, etc.
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Does the DOJ already have these tapes, or are law enforcement officials standing by to receive redacted evidence from House Republicans?
***From Rolling Stone’s Nikki McCann Ramirez:***
House Speaker Mike Johnson has promised to release more than 44,000 hours of surveillance footage from Jan. 6 to the public, with one major caveat: The faces of some individuals who participated in the storming of the Capitol, a violent attempt to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s election, will be blurred out.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Johnson said that “the release of the January 6 tapes is a critical and important exercise, we want transparency … we trust — House Republicans trust — the American people to draw their own conclusions.”
Johnson added that the party is going “through a methodical process of releasing them as quickly as we can” and that they “have to blur some of the faces of the persons who participated in the events of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliated against, and to be charged by the DOJ and to have other, you know, concerns and problems.”
Read more: [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-jan-6-blurring-faces-capitol-rioters-tapes-1234911167/](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-jan-6-blurring-faces-capitol-rioters-tapes-1234911167/)
It would be kinda funny if the DOJ released the same footage without the blurring, then asked the public to help them identify individuals that have not been identified already.
All the best people that you have to blur out to keep them from getting arrested. What a party.
Party of law and order protecting criminals. Do these people have *any* consistent principles?
The fact they are editing anything makes the footage absolutely worthless. They are clearly bent on shaping a narrative that is counter to facts. Otherwise why change or hide anything? Remember they were doing nothing wrong and it was antifa that actually triggered the riot. Ask yourself, why are Republicans so bent on protecting antifa?
The party of law and order, ladies and gentlemen!!
The double speak is wild. Blurring faces for transparency. Showing the truth so that we can see that it was the FBI while hiding identities from the FBI.
DoJ should release the same footage but unblurred to crowdsource finding traitors.
But I thought they were Antifa… Lmao at anyone gullible enough to believe Antifa is real.
Why the FUCK does one party have the right to edit the footage before release?
Release it unedited, or not at all.
>we want transparency
Except for the parts you’re intentionally making opaque.
“Transparency for me but not for thee!”
Remember: this guy’s got a *law degree*.
This is exactly how innocent people behave. /s
Why would Republicans want to protect antifa/BLM/And democrat false flag actors
Given that the DOJ already has the tapes this feels like an excuse. I’m no expert at video releases but my money is on the House being required to do this by law or policy and this is just pandering to the crazies to make them feel like they’re being protected. If they released a bunch of video and said, “we are legally required to blur faces,” Porno Johnson would be called a member of the cabal before he made it from the press conference to the Capitol cafeteria for lunch.
If Dems did anything similar places like r/conservative would be screaming over all sorts of conspiracy theories. But surprisingly silent when republicans do it.
Sounds like some typical law and order behavior.
Why are they protecting Antifa?
Gee that seems “ kinda guilty “ actions to take
“Party of law & order” protecting criminals.
Sounds like aiding and abetting after the fact to me
But they were just peacefully taking a tour…..
But they were antifa and FBI plants right? Why would the GOP want to protect them?… *Gasp* unless…
i thought the plan was to release the footage to exonerate people? did another stupid republican idea predictably fail again?
just today i saw a bumpersticker that read “the government is still locking up politcal opponents. vote accordingly”
If these people are antifa, why blur their faces?
I thought this country needed full disclosure? Wasn’t that the point in the first place?
Right, so how does this one spin?
“We are blurring the faces of Capitol Rioters…”
1. Because they attempted a coup and we’re trying to enable more of that?
2. Because there was no coup and we are protecting antifa members?
Which is it Mikey? Treason or coverup? Are you in support of overthrowing the US government, or are you hiding the boogeymen you made up?
Arrested for what?…. Hmmm??
But they feel revenge porn for Hunter Biden on the floor is totally okay. The hypocrisy is just totally mind-blowing.
Does the DOJ not have the unedited versions already? I can’t imagine that they wouldn’t.
But, why? One would think they would want the ANTIFA and FBI agitators identified?
Yea… gonna be hard for the conspiracy theorists to explain why the GOP is defending antifa, BLM, etc.
“Party of law & order”
Why are they protecting ANTIFA and the FBI? /s
Isn’t this tampering with evidence?
Why, I thought they were the law and order party?
Isn’t that like…um…obstruction?