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Tucker Carlson talks exclusively with key Capitol Police officer ignored by Jan. 6 panel amid footage release (Tarik Johnson)
Fox News ^ | 3/07/23 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn

Posted on 03/08/2023 1:56:21 AM PST by Libloather

Tucker Carlson sat down with a former Capitol Police officer who was ignored by the House Jan. 6 Select Committee despite the pivotal role he had that day.

Tarik Johnson, a 22-year veteran on the Capitol Hill force, was tasked with securing the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

"My voice is one of the first ones you hear on the audio transmission, so I did expect to get an interview sometime, but it didn't happen." Johnson told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" about the House Select Committee in an interview aired Tuesday. "I guess the focus was on Donald Trump."

Despite pleas for help on Jan. 6, Johnson said he did not hear anything, not even from Capitol Police chief assistant Yogananda Pittman, who allegedly kept vital information about the protests from him. The federal intel and law enforcement agencies knew about the warnings of a massive disturbance at the Capitol on Jan. 6, Carlson said, but the frontline officers on duty that day did not know.

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However, his career came to a screeching halt after he was spotted outside the Capitol wearing a Make America Great Again hat, which received national attention.

Johnson, a Biden voter, said a Trump supporter placed the MAGA hat on his head. He decided to keep wearing it for self-preservation as he navigated the pro-Trump crowd outside. Johnson was put on an indefinite suspension for doing so and later resigned and lost his pension.

"I couldn't say what would have happened walking through that crowd without it," Johnson said.

Yogananda Pittman went on to be elevated by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to be acting chief of Capitol Police. She later took a post as head of security at the University of California Berkeley, right outside of Pelosi's congressional district.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: berkeley; capitol; carlson; insurrection; pelosi; police; suckertucker; tuckerisaconman; ucb; yoganandapittman
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To: Aria

Bttt


21 posted on 03/08/2023 4:35:28 AM PST by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: nathanbedford

” why is the release of these tapes suddenly so consequential in this environment?”

Perhaps because it’s the beginning of a multi-front, multi-stage rebuttal of the Jan 6 committee’s findings.


22 posted on 03/08/2023 4:42:58 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: Libloather

Bump.


23 posted on 03/08/2023 4:53:44 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: Libloather

Bump.


24 posted on 03/08/2023 4:58:01 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: Aria

Ping


25 posted on 03/08/2023 5:00:10 AM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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To: mikelets456
It might have been correctly reported over a 2 year span but we all know, once the narrative has been set then their work has been done.

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Exactly. Think Pulse nightclub shooting. Even folks on FR refer to it as motivated by hatred of gays. The dude who shot this place up had no idea it was a gay bar. He asked the bouncer, ‘where are all of the women?’

The smear is remembered. As will 2 years of J6 lies on page 1 of the NYT, but the retraction on page 31B in the lower left hand corner is never seen.

What Tucker is doing is important but sadly it is far too late.

26 posted on 03/08/2023 5:06:00 AM PST by mund1011 (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
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To: laconic

His point was that these folks have been proven to be lying scumbags and disingenuous grifters over and over again so these tapes-even if released in their entirety , regardless of the content will not matter.

Anyone who pays attention to politics has seen the hysterical Schumer bemoaning stuff, Adam Schiff (or AG Garland..or Brennan, Clapper, Holder) outright lying to congress, Joe Biden sniffing countless childrens hair, AOC cackling about racism, etc

Politics are so polarizing right now that folks are choosing willful ignorance and outright dishonesty over admitting they were wrong or misled.


27 posted on 03/08/2023 5:07:45 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: Libloather

The facts were out there but most media don’t cover it or talk about it. They push what they want and show what they want.


28 posted on 03/08/2023 5:12:28 AM PST by glimmerman70
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To: Libloather

Contacting my Florida delegation this week. Any member who continues to support and or vote for Mitch McConnell to any kind of leadership position loses my support, my donations and my vote.


29 posted on 03/08/2023 5:19:59 AM PST by navymom1
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To: NachOsten

Now do Russia. Is that where you’re posting from?


30 posted on 03/08/2023 5:31:50 AM PST by lodi90
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To: Aria

Bookmark


31 posted on 03/08/2023 5:32:16 AM PST by DocRock
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To: Aria

Exactly.

“Forest through the trees” is rather apropos...


32 posted on 03/08/2023 5:44:10 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: nathanbedford

Dont doubt that Paul Ryan on the Fox board is overseeing all the stuff you point out and has a hand in editing what Carlson will say, knowing a lot of this minus the right to see all the footage by defendants , is a you point out not new news...


33 posted on 03/08/2023 5:50:00 AM PST by patriotspride (Third generation Vet. Never forget the true cost of freedom)
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To: Aria

TWO MAJOR ELECTORAL ALTERING MOTIONS WERE ABOUT TO BE FLOORED. This crisis was developed just in time with a precise coordination to prevent those two motions to be entered into the chamber record. The two motions do not exist. The emergency powers established in the new session made sure they never could be entered. The emergency powers could never happen without a crisis…


Great summary of what the real focus should be on...... and more reason to see Pence as the ultimate insider and not worthy of being President


34 posted on 03/08/2023 5:52:52 AM PST by patriotspride (Third generation Vet. Never forget the true cost of freedom)
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To: nathanbedford

“Having reviewed the material to this extent, I ask what is so consequential?”

While what you’re saying is true the consequential part is that few people actually know that. The news media certainly did not advertise that no one other than Trump supporters were killed. They have shouted that Jan 6th was greater than 9/11 for years. That it was the most violet riot in history.

While conservative news junkies knew better, the American public did not. This exposure is consequential because it gives a louder voice against the lie.

However, Tucker is still hiding a lot of the damaging footage. FBI Agents and crowd infiltrators encouraged people to break down the fences and go into the capital.


35 posted on 03/08/2023 5:54:59 AM PST by BushCountry (A properly cast vote (1 day voting) can save you $3.00 a gallon.)
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To: MrRelevant

Politics are so polarizing right now that folks are choosing willful ignorance and outright dishonesty over admitting they were wrong or misled.


Bingo. throw in they will elect Dems even with Inflation, gas, grocery prices, drugs, illegal immigration etc.

Just like a turtle under attack, retreat into your shell and hope the danger will pass.

This is not the type of country many died for to protect Freedom...


36 posted on 03/08/2023 5:56:08 AM PST by patriotspride (Third generation Vet. Never forget the true cost of freedom)
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To: Libloather
At the very end, Tucker was reviewing Big Media’s reaction to was he was doing.

The corrupt media and pols are in circle the wagons mode trying to say, like Schumer did, that Tucker is propaganda. That is just so very rich. Classic, accuse others of what you are guilty of.

37 posted on 03/08/2023 6:00:53 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: nathanbedford
why is the release of these tapes suddenly so consequential in this environment?

The answer is a simple one. Because they are contradictory to the fabricated narrative created by the deep state and propagated by the media. That narrative was Trump organized a militia of MAGA nationals who mission was to overturn the election results.

A narrative so absurd that only a liberal democrat could buy into.

38 posted on 03/08/2023 6:02:35 AM PST by CodeJockey ("The duty of a true Patriot is to protect his country from its government.” –Thomas Paine)
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To: Libloather

Rumble usually has a better version of Tucker>>> Full show and clearer video than youTube offerings. Sort by most recent via the panel to the right at Rumble

https://rumble.com/search/video?q=Tucker%20Carlson%20Tonight&sort=date


39 posted on 03/08/2023 6:02:42 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: Libloather

I saw the Tucker show....Tarik Johnson said he lost his Federale pension after 22 years at the Capitol Police. How does that ever happen? Is this true?

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Web🚨On J-6, 22yr, Capitol Hill Police Lieut. Tarik Johnson was suspended for wearing a MAGA hat, and lost his pension. Shameful. It’s vindictive and politically motivated. He said the …


40 posted on 03/08/2023 6:06:09 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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