"McCarthy giving exclusive access to many hours of January 6 Capitol security footage to Tucker Carlson, who has consistently downplayed the insurrection, is irresponsible and shows McCarthy's lack of regard for protecting democracy," Noah Bookbinder, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, wrote of the Republican leader's decision, which was first reported by Axios.
Carlson, who in 2020 pushed for the firing of a Fox News reporter who fact-checked former President Donald Trump's election lies, has vocally demanded the public release of the security footage. But McCarthy granting the right-wing host and his team exclusive access to the trove has raised questions over how much of the video will actually reach the public—and how it will be edited and framed.
