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Allies of Trump Rip Speaker Johnson Over Lack of J6 Video Release: ‘You Lied’

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Allies of former President Donald Trump are upset with House Speaker Mike Johnson for not releasing additional footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as promised.

Johnson pledged to release nearly all video footage from that day but only 90 hours were initially released, leading to accusations of dishonesty and manipulation from some individuals close to the former president.

“When I ran for Speaker, I promised to make accessible to the American people the 44,000 hours of video from Capitol Hill security taken on January 6, 2021,” Johnson wrote in November 2023. (Trending: First Moon Mission In 50 Years Blasts Off)

“Truth and transparency are critical. We will begin immediately posting video on a public website and move as quickly as possible to add to the website nearly all of the footage in more than 40,000 hours.”

They criticize Johnson for failing to fulfill his promise and express the need for radical transparency regarding the events of that day.

“Out of anybody on the right, I’ve been the biggest critic of Mike Johnson since day one,” activist Laura Loomer said.

“The Republican Party is incompetent. Mike Johnson is using the tapes as gaslighting to manipulate the base to make them think they’re going to do something [about January 6].”

“You mean to tell me we can run surveillance on every American but can’t come up with a government database that will have an open source and web hosting location for 44,000 hours of footage? It’s BS.”

Loomer quoted Johnson, saying, “Today, I am keeping my promise to the American people and making all the January 6th tapes available to ALL Americans.”

“We still don’t have the J6 tapes. You lied to the American people,” Loomer said.

“Don’t make promises you have no intention of keeping.”

“On this, the third anniversary, of January 6, it would mean a great deal to the American people if (Johnson) made good on his promise and released all of the footage from the Capitol that day,” Jeff Clark wrote.

“We need radical transparency. It’s been long enough.”

“As the Speaker said, the House Administration Committee will release all footage except that which exposes sensitive personal information,” Johnson’s spokeswoman Taylor Haulsee said.

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