House Speaker Mike Johnson declared on Tuesday that the remaining unreleased footage of the January 6, 2021 protest will have the faces of those who took part in the activity blurred.
He explained, “we have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliated against and be charged by the DOJ.
At least 1,069 people were sued, 350 protesters faced assault, resisting or impeding officers, and 935 with entering and or trespassing a restricted federal building or grounds.
The defunct January 6 committee was separate from the FBI’s effort to chase and imprison Capitol demonstrators, although it is still unclear if there is any coordination between the efforts.
Johnson announced on November 17 that he would be releasing the entire J6 protest tapes. He also pledged to publish 40,000 hours of total footage.
While he had initially posted some 90 hours of the footage last November, the people complained that they had been waiting to no avail.
During a conference on Tuesday, the Louisiana Republican responded that they are going “through a methodical process of releasing them.”
His office is still “blurring” those videos before making them available to the public.
“That’s a slow process to get it done, we’re working steadily on it. We’ve hired additional personnel to do that and all of those tapes ultimately will be out so everybody can see them and draw their conclusions.”
Many people on X blasted Johnson and questioned the House Speaker’s intention of blurring the faces in the footage.
“Why do I get the feeling they’re going to “accidentally” blur the faces of undercover federal agents and assets?” says Rogan O’Handley.
Salty Texan exclaimed, “They gotta protect those 200+ feds embedded in this entrapment operation.”
“Stop defending the establishment!” decried Paul Syzpula.
“Or to, you know, identify FBI and other agents in the crowd. That would be bad for, you know, our alphabet agencies that we fund with tax dollars, to protect and serve,” wrote another, supporting the idea that the FBI took part in the protest.
“COVERUP: House is going to blur the faces of faces on J6 tapes to protect the hundreds of undercover agents and informants in the Capitol that day,” a user posted on GETTR.
Still, others pointed out that blurring the footage will not really affect the investigation of law enforcement agencies since these videos were already available to the authorities years ago.
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