He should have known what that would cause.
Release the tapes to the public
“Why did idiot McCarthy ONLY release it to Fox News?”
Because he knew that his BFF Paul Ryan, and Trump-hating Murdochs, would quash it. (We haven’t seen any footage since Monday, have we?)
He could have published online for all to see — but he didn’t.
Maybe he felt Tucker would not doctor the tapes where MSNBC would doctor the tapes to protect the instigators and Pelosi, et al.