In a news conference at the Capitol last month, a reporter asked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy if the videotapes of the Jan. 6 riot should be released to the public. “Yeah, I think the public should see what happened,” the California Republican said.
Apparently, in McCarthy’s view, “the public should see what happened” means giving Fox News host Tucker Carlson unlimited access to the thousands of hours of footage.
The news website Axios broke the news Monday that McCarthy had done just that, and Monday night Carlson affirmed it on his show. “We believe we have secured the right to see whatever we want to see,” he told viewers, adding his producers have been going through the materials for a week.
