6 security footage constitutes a violation of congressional rules. “For these reasons, we ask that the Office of Congressional Ethics and the House Ethics Committee investigate whether the apparent unauthorized release of the Jan. “The Speaker’s release of security footage exclusively to Tucker Carlson is pure and simple using congressional resources for partisan gamesmanship – the very type of polarizing gamesmanship that has caused such damage to the public’s perception of the integrity of Congress,” notes the complaint. This is not like granting an exclusive interview this is providing a valuable government resource exclusively to one outlet and discriminating against others, which flies in the face of First Amendment values.” “Just as importantly, it was wrong for Speaker McCarthy to provide this footage to one organization that happens to be politically aligned with him and not release the videos to the media generally at the same time. McCarthy, Tucker Carlson and others in McCarthy’s bid to become Speaker. 6 video footage appears to have been the result of a political agreement between Rep. The next patch is still scheduled for Q1 of 2023 (barring any unforeseen circumstances of course) and will be added to release view in february of 2023 (this was stated by one of the community managers and this will also be posted again with the last roadmap roundup of this year). The complaint also notes that the exclusive release of the Jan. Other news outlets sent letters to McCarthy requesting the same access and raised concerns that Carlson’s selective release of videos and other confidential information about the insurrection could be used by Fox News to advocate an inaccurate story of events. McCarthy had or will turn over more than 40,000 hours of security footage exclusively to Tucker Carlson. News outlets first reported in February that Rep. ![]() McCarthy appeared to be without the coordination or permission of the Capitol Police, which potentially could expose security systems and escape routes within the Capitol Building. Initially, the planned transfer of the records by Rep. “These precautions were taken to avoid releasing information that could compromise security procedures in the Capitol, such as exposing the locations of security cameras, escape routes and logistics at the Capitol.” 6 committee was done in coordination and with the permission of the Capitol Police. The complaint notes that the public release of any security footage by the Jan. McCarthy’s release of the tapes constituted a possible security threat. Capitol to a single news outlet. Fox News analyst Tucker Carlson released the first of the footage on his show last night.Īmong the questions raised by the complaint is whether Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) exclusive release of footage from the January 6 attack on the U.S. – Today former Obama White House ethics advisor Norman Eisen and Bush White House ethics advisor Richard Painter joined Public Citizen in a complaint filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics over House Majority Leader Rep.
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