Lawmakers call for investigation into J6 committee following release of security footage

washingtontimes ^ | 11/20/2023 | alex miller

[bitt]

Republican lawmakers are calling for investigations into a House committee and its members after the release of security footage that captured the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas and Sen. Mike Lee of Utah called for the investigation of the now-defunct United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, which determined that the riot was an attempted coup by then-President Trump. They said the tapes present a much different view of the chaos at the Capitol that day.

“The J6 committee was a sham,” Mr. Nehls said on X. “I knew it then. Everyone knows it now. Let’s investigate the investigators.”

The calls for an investigation of the Democratic-led committee began after House Speaker Mike Johnson announced the planned release of more than 40,000 hours of security video footage from the Capitol that day. The footage will be released in batches over the next several months.

The first round of about 90 hours of footage was released Friday on the website of the House Administration Committee, which reviewed the tapes and authorized their release.

“This decision will provide millions of Americans, criminal defendants, public interest organizations, and the media an ability to see for themselves what happened that day, rather than having to rely upon the interpretation of a small group of government officials,” said Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican.

Mr. Trump used social media to laud the speaker’s “courage and fortitude” in making the security video public. He said the tapes “will explicitly reveal what really happened on January 6th.”

Mr. Lee accused two of the committee’s prominent members, former Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, a Republican, and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a Democrat, of deliberately hiding the security footage.

[traderrob6]

Adam Kinzinger is a Republican albeit a RINO.

[Elsie]

Let’s investigate the investigators.

It's about damned time!!

[FormerFRLurker]

Release all the J6 political prisoners now!

Not the Antifa thugs please. They deserve to be locked up and the key thrown away. Although it may take some time to sort out: from the photos and videos I've seen they did a superb job of dressing up like MAGA, down to the Gadsden flags.

[FormerFRLurker]

I am pleased that Mike Johnson has been able to do as much as he has. Still a long way to go.

I agree with that last bit. I was disappointed to see him give in to the Rats' blackmail and pass a CR with massive government spending in it to prevent a shutdown.