Mike Johnson Criticized For Blurring January 6 Tapes So Rioters Won’t Be Charged: ‘Aiding And Abetting’ Rioters
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Topline House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday the House is working to blur the faces of some participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots featured in new public video footage to prevent them from being charged by the Justice Department—leading to accusations he is purposely blocking the DOJ from receiving tips about rioters who have yet to be held accountable. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference on December 5, 2023. (Tom … [+] Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Key Facts The House has hired new staff to “blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day, because we don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the Justice Department,” Johnson told reporters Tuesday, adding that the censorship would also address “other concerns and problems. He made the comments in response to a question from a reporter during his weekly press conference about what he believes is inaccurate about the official accounts of that day by the Justice Department’s and now-defunct Jan. 6 House committee. “We’d have to be here for a long time,” Johnson responded, calling the Jan. 6 committee a “partisan exercise” and accusing it of issuing a “biased report” that “hid some of the important evidence.” Johnson, who began releasing portions of the 40,000-some hours of surveillance footage last month, said the tapes will allow the “American people to draw their own conclusions” and prevent them from being “dictated by some narrative and accept that as fact.” The comments generated bipartisan pushback: Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) accused Johnson of “actively working to shield insurrectionists from accountability,” former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) said he was “aiding and abetting” criminal activity, former Department of Defense Special Counsel…
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