Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday demanded the release of imprisoned violent Jan. 6 attackers after Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired previously unseen security footage from the storming of the Capitol.
After Carlson aired cherry-picked clips of the insurrection attempt, Trump falsely said the film shows the attackers were wrongly convicted of their roles in the riot, including scores of attacks on police.
“Let the January 6 prisoners go,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “They were convicted, or are awaiting trial, based on a giant lie, a radical left con job.“
