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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Garcia

Republicans know January 6 is a political loser. So they’re trying to rewrite history

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On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson defended his decision to release more than 40,000 hours of footage from the January 6 riot.

“We want transparency, we should demand that the American people do,” he said. But Mr Johnson said the faces of some of the people who participated in the riot would be blurred for fear of retribution from the US Department of Justice.

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