Posted on 07/14/2022 12:25:51 PM PDT by Perseverando
House Republicans are demanding the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) release body and surveillance camera footage as well any other footage in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according to a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert and South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman first requested the information from the DOJ in October 2021. Now, they are re-upping their inquiry, asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the information since their constituents have a “growing concern” with the DOJ’s “apparent failure” to do so.
“Many Americans question why their government, and the Department in particular, has been so selective in its release of footage,” the lawmakers said in their letter. “We believe all Americans, including Members of Congress, the media, and the public at-large, should be able to view footage from January 6th that the Department has in its possession.”
The committee investigating Jan. 6 has publicized some degree of unaired footage during its ongoing hearings. The Republicans want to know “what percentage of body camera, surveillance camera, and any other footage related to the events surrounding January 6th” in the DOJ’s possession has actually been made public.
Most of the 14,000 hours of surveillance footage from Jan. 6 has not been made public, Buzzfeed News reported in August 2021. It is unclear how things have changed roughly one year later. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Rodney Davis Demands Answers From Legislative Branch Agencies On Their Work For Jan. 6 Committee)
“From every camera on the Capitol grounds – including body and fixed surveillance cameras – every second of footage from January 6, 2021 ought to be in the public domain by now,” Norman told the DCNF. “It is baffling to me why the Attorney General has failed to make the
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A few. Including my Congressman from South Carolina's 5th Congressional District.
Palmetto State ping, please!
They have resorted to the dreaded strongly worded letter!
I am sure the DOJ is shaking in their boots and will get right on top of that. The rinos preening for the cameras like they did for the removal of obungholecare know damn well this will never ever happen
All honest, intelligent, benevolent people are alarmed by this political persecution. It is a giant step toward a reign of terror in the United States.
WOW, why the rush?
Whoa, they are fighting for us!
ask Ray Epps. He’s free now giving interviews..
Garland will have it all destroyed to keep it away from republicans. This is a very lawless and evil regime.
yeah only took them 18 months and a week.
Garland will destroy all the evidence because he knows the GOP won’t do anything about it.
I wouldn’t get high on hopium. They are fighting for themselves.
Uhhh, not really. In this TV production, anything that doesn't fit the story goes right to the cutting room floor.
Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert and South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman first requested the information from the DOJ in October 2021. Now, they are re-upping their inquiry, asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the information since their constituents have a “growing concern” with the DOJ’s “apparent failure” to do so.
Why haven't you heard? There's an election in November where every seat in the House of Representatives is up for election.
Democrats would have chained themselves to the doors after a week. We get a stern letter after 18 months. One side wants to win. The other does not.
“WOW, why the rush?”
election year. Those RINO clowns in Congress who gave in to the Ukraine payments are trying their hardest to get their GOP “Im a conservative really” street cred just for the next few months..
They have sufficient evidence of Garland failing to do his job, when republicans take over they need to start impeachment hearings on Garland.
There's an election in November where every seat in the House of Representatives is up for election.
His usual, lame tardiness (in small part) helped Rodney Davis lose his primary bid to Trump-endorsed Mary Miller and thus, his seat.
18 months late
WHY IS THIS AN ISSUE AT ALL???
IF IT WAS SO HORRIBLE SHOW US!!
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