“Speaker Mike Johnson’s resolution to publicly launch 1000’s of hours of Capitol safety footage from Jan. 6, 2021, has fueled a renewed effort by Republican lawmakers and far-right activists to rewrite the historical past of the assault that day and exonerate the pro-Trump rioters who took half,” the New York Instances experiences.
“Mr. Johnson’s transfer final week to make the footage obtainable — one thing the far proper has lengthy demanded — got here as he tried to allay the anger of hard-line Republican lawmakers for working with Democrats to maintain the federal government funded. Now, a number of the identical individuals who had been irate about that call are utilizing the Jan. 6 video to flow into an array of false claims and conspiracy theories in regards to the largest assault on the Capitol in centuries.”