In a now-viral podcast interview with Fox News host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a>, the primetime news anchor said a Stanford professor told him that federal officials tasked the educator with investigating several cases of troops dying from traumatic brain injuries caused by UFOs.
Carlson shared the story during a &#8220;Full Send Podcast&#8221; interview last week, where he claimed an unidentified tenured Stanford Medical professor, who specializes in traumatic brain injuries, reached out to his team requesting to appear on the Fox News show to talk about a decade-old conversation between him and the U.S. government.
&#8220;He&#8217;s like, 11 years ago, the U.S. government reached out to me because I&#8217;m an expert on head injuries on brain injuries … traumatic brain injuries … as a physician,&#8221; Carlson said. &#8220;And they had all these court cases from families of U.S. servicemen — over 100 — who had been killed by UFOs. And the Department of Defense was refusing to give them death benefits or medical benefits.&#8221;
According to Carlson, the anonymous source said he was an expert researcher and witness who claimed nuclear energy appears to attract UFOs in such cases.
&#8220;For example, UFOs appear to be attracted, for whatever reason to nuclear energy,&#8221;Carlson said. &#8220;So at nuclear missile bases in the Upper Midwest, for example, nuclear powered aircraft carriers, nuclear powered submarines are all getting buzzed by these objects, including underwater.&#8221;
&#8220;And in a number of cases, these things have landed on military bases … servicemen have approached them … and they approach, and they get a traumatic brain injury, brain damage, or they&#8217;re killed,&#8221; Carlson said.
Carlson said there are dozens of open court cases that support the claim.
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Defense Department spokesperson Susan Gough told <a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/03/16/tucker-carlson-shares-bizarre-tale-of-troops-dying-from-ufo-encounters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Military Times</a>, &#8220;the story is false.&#8221;
Carlson, however, told the podcast hosts that if he ever encountered such objects or extra-terrestrial life, he would interview the unknown from a distance.
&#8220;I&#8217;d be super respectful,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;whatever is coming off these machines is very bad for the human body.&#8221;
UFO headlines have been circulating throughout the news media over the last few months after U.S. officials shot down four objects over North America this month, including a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina and three similar objects in Alaska, Michigan, and Canada.
Following the response from federal officials, top Biden administration officials briefed senators on both sides of the aisle about the flying objects, which left lawmakers with more questions than answers, while demanding the government should disclose what was said during the classified meeting.
Pentagon officials said in a <a href="https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/LK1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">draft document</a> last week that a dominant artificial interstellar object could be releasing many small probes toward Earth.
&#8220;These &#8216;dandelion seeds&#8217; could be separated from the parent craft by the tidal gravitational force of the Sun or by a maneuvering capability,&#8221; the report read.

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson delivered six key questions on Ukraine — and the ongoing war with Russia — to a number of GOP candidates who have either declared a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination or are likely to do so.
Carlson explained in a video tweeted on Monday that he had been largely impressed with the answers — save for name-dropping a couple of candidates who had not answered the questions at all — and that they had not been in line with the narrative most often heard from prominent Republican leaders like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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We asked every potential 2024 GOP presidential candidate to answer six key questions on the war in Ukraine. As promised, their full responses are below. <a href="https://t.co/tjcM4w54cR">pic.twitter.com/tjcM4w54cR</a>
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Carlson began by listing the questions he had asked, saying that he had only thrown them out there because legacy media outlets appeared disinterested in pursuing any avenue that did not end with more money going to Ukraine.
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<li>Is opposing Russia in Ukraine a vital strategic interest for America?</li>
<li>What&#8217;s our objective in Ukraine and how will we know we&#8217;ve achieved it?</li>
<li>What is the limit of money and weapons you&#8217;d be willing to send to Zelensky?</li>
<li>Should the United States support regime change in Russia?</li>
<li>Have U.S. sanctions been effective?</li>
<li>Does the United States face the possibility of nuclear war with Russia?</li>
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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton — whom Carlson had identified as a potential 2024 hopeful — informed the show that he was busy with other things and could not take the time to respond.
&#8220;Most of the rest of them did get back to us, and we are grateful that they did,&#8221; Carlson continued, adding, &#8220;In general, the answers were fascinating, some of them were so thoughtful and so smart they give you hope for the Republican Party. With only a few exceptions, their answers bore no resemblance at all to the statements you see every day from Mitch McConnell and various Republican committee chairmen in Congress.&#8221;
Carlson went on to say that Republicans in Congress were more likely to be &#8220;committed neocons&#8221; and thus more likely to support funding Ukraine&#8217;s ongoing war than some of the Republicans who are or may be running for president in 2024.
What followed was a preview of the responses from every potential contender – and then a Twitter thread including their complete responses.
Former President Donald Trump, after claiming that Russia would not have attacked Ukraine if he had been in the White House, said that he would demand that Europe pick up a more equitable share in the cost.
&#8220;Start by telling Europe that they must pay at least equal to what the U.S. is paying to help Ukraine,&#8221; he said in part. &#8220;They must also pay us, retroactively, the difference. At a staggering 125 Billion Dollars, we are paying 4 to 5 times more, and this fight is far more important for Europe than it is for the U.S.&#8221;
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Florida Governor <a href="https://twitter.com/RonDeSantisFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonDeSantisFL</a> answers our Ukraine questionnaire:
“While the U.S. has many vital national interests – securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural,… <a href="https://t.co/1I2elVi6hI">https://t.co/1I2elVi6hI</a>
&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1635446265692532738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has not yet declared a run for the presidency, also weighed in on the issue.
DeSantis, a Navy veteran himself, criticized the Biden administration for failing to define an objective and committing American taxpayers to footing a seemingly endless bill.
&#8220;Without question, peace should be the objective. The U.S. should not provide assistance that could require the deployment of American troops or enable Ukraine to engage in offensive operations beyond its borders,&#8221; DeSantis said, warning against providing aid that could easily be seen as an escalation against Russia. &#8220;F-16s and long-range missiles should therefore be off the table. These moves would risk explicitly drawing the United States into the conflict and drawing us closer to a hot war between the world’s two largest nuclear powers. That risk is unacceptable.&#8221;
Former Vice President Mike Pence said that &#8220;victory&#8221; would be a free and peaceful Ukraine — and suggested that Russia&#8217;s posturing with regard to the nuclear threat was just that.
&#8220;Putin is still &#8216;the small and bullying leader of Russia,&#8217; his talk of nuclear war is a bullying tactic that he used at the start of the invasion. But Putin should know the United States will not be bullied. This administration has not led with strength on the world stage, but America is still a nation that believes peace comes through strength,&#8221; Pence explained.
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2024 GOP Presidential Candidate <a href="https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VivekGRamaswamy</a> answers our Ukraine questionnaire (1/3)
Is opposing Russia in Ukraine a vital American national strategic interest?
“No, it is not “vital.” Rather, this is a stark reminder of what is a vital American national strategic interest:… <a href="https://t.co/P8SdCeethC">https://t.co/P8SdCeethC</a>
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Vivek Ramaswamy, who has declared his candidacy, noted that the war was not a &#8220;vital&#8221; interest — pointing out the fact that the wane of American energy independence under President Joe Biden had created a situation that made it advantageous for Russia to invade Ukraine.
&#8220;This is a stark reminder of what is a vital American national strategic interest: national energy independence. This war is a symptom of America’s lack of self sufficiency. Putin is a tyrant and started this needless war, but he did so because we created incentives that tipped the balance of his decision-making in favor of invading: if he knows the West relies on him to provide oil and gas (because the U.S. and Western Europe have self-inflicted limitations on their own ability or willingness to produce), then Putin is in a stronger position–and that led him to think he could win,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The more America is reliant on foreign energy and oil, the less leverage we have with petro dictators.&#8221;
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley responded to all of Carlson&#8217;s questions in a press release sent out Tuesday:
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During his Ukraine survey of 2024 candidates, Tucker Carlson said yesterday that most of the contenders responded but &quot;Nikki Haley ignored us.&quot;
Ambassador <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NikkiHaley</a> released the following answers to those questions today: <a href="https://t.co/klJo4E8XCR">pic.twitter.com/klJo4E8XCR</a>
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Carlson also provided the full answers he received from South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Carlson noted that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu did not respond to the questions.

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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) brought up left-wing riots during an interview over the weekend when asked about the recent media coverage surrounding the January 6 riot following the release of thousands of hours of video footage from the incident.
Mace made the remarks during an interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; when asked by fill-in host Kaitlan Collins what she thought about House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) giving 40,000 hours of footage to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
&#8220;I said early on last month that the release of the footage was important, that it should be released to every outlet, including CNN, every media outlet, every defense attorney, so that the public can see for itself,&#8221; she said. And there was violence on that day. You cannot deny that. And it was a dark day in our history. But so too was the summer of 2020. We saw very few arrests when there were attacks by an organization, members of Antifa and Black Lives Matter. I had my house spray-painted two summers ago, and no one&#8217;s been held to account for that.&#8221;
&#8220;And so we have got to make sure, if there&#8217;s going to be political violence in this country, no matter your political affiliation, everybody is treated and should be treated the same way,&#8221; she added.
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CNN&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kaitlancollins</a> asks Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) if she plans to join fellow lawmakers Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and James Comer (R-KY) in visiting January 6 defendants in jail. <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSotu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNSotu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a> <a href="https://t.co/bEZuFmx86y">pic.twitter.com/bEZuFmx86y</a>
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<blockquote>KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN HOST: Welcome back to STATE OF THE UNION. I&#8217;m Kaitlan Collins.
A preview of a potential 2024 showdown between the former president and the former vice president, as Mike Pence unveiled a new attack on his former boss behind closed doors in Washington last night.
What does the emerging power struggle, though, mean for the future of the direction of the Republican Party?
Joining me now to discuss is Republican Congresswoman of South Carolina Nancy Mace.
Congresswoman, thank you so much for being here this morning.
I want to start with the scathing comments we heard from former Vice President Pence last night. He said: &#8220;I know that history will hold Donald Trump accountable for January 6.&#8221;
Do you think he&#8217;s right?
REP. NANCY MACE (R-SC): And good morning, Kaitlan. Thank you for having me on this morning.
And I see this in two parts. I think both sides are really struggling looking at the nomination process. You have got some on the left that don&#8217;t want Biden to run. You have got those on the right that don&#8217;t want the former president to run. A lot of folks on both sides keep bringing up January 6, and it&#8217;s keeping us from moving our country forward.
I was very vocal about January 6 myself. I&#8217;m one of the only Republicans in the House who defeated the former president in a primary last year, went on to win my general election in a purple district resoundingly.
We have got to unite behind a candidate in &#8217;24 who can win the White House if we&#8217;re serious about it. There&#8217;s a lot at stake right now.
COLLINS: Well, given that, Trump is the front-runner of the Republican field right now. So do you think he has been held accountable for January 6?
MACE: Well, he&#8217;s one of the only candidates in right now. And I imagine, by June and July this summer, we will see more than two or three candidates in that race.
The Iowa caucuses aren&#8217;t for another 330 days. And that&#8217;s the start of it. I&#8217;m proud of my home state of South Carolina. We will be the first-in-the-South presidential primary next year. We have a long way to go for additional candidates to jump in and see how the field lays out.
COLLINS: On January 6, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Congressman James Comer, who is the chair of the Oversight Committee that you serve on, have been planning a trip to visit January 6 defendants who are in jail.
What do you make of that? Would you join them on a trip like that?
MACE: I&#8217;m not joining them, but I will say this.
I have done a lot of civil rights work over the years as a state lawmaker and as a member of Congress. In fact, the very first bill I ever filed or helped work on in my freshman year was with Hakeem Jeffries on a civil rights piece of legislation.
I would tell you, anyone who&#8217;s sitting in solitary confinement or sitting in jail, regardless of their political affiliation, if they feel like their civil rights have been violated, then we, as members of Congress, should help them. And this is something that I have worked on a lot over the years and something that I respect.
I was the ranking member on the Civil Rights Committee on oversight with Jamie Raskin last year. That&#8217;s something that we should all care about, the constitutional rights of citizens of the of this country.
COLLINS: But, given that, the other thing that Pence said last night was, he said it mocks decency to portray what happened on January 6 as tourist, as sightseers.
Obviously, we saw that happen on FOX News this week after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave them 40,000 hours of footage. You have said you want other people to get that footage. Was it a mistake, though, for him to only give it to one outlet to portray it as they did?
MACE: I said early on last month that the release of the footage was important, that it should be released to every outlet, including CNN, every media outlet, every defense attorney, so that the public can see for itself.
And there is &#8212; there was violence on that day. You cannot deny that. And it was a dark day in our history. But so too were &#8212; was the summer of 2020. We saw very few arrests when there were attacks by an organization, members of Antifa and Black Lives Matter. I had my house spray-painted two summers ago, and no one&#8217;s been held to account for that.
And so we have got to make sure, if there&#8217;s going to be political violence in this country, no matter your political affiliation, everybody is treated and should be treated the same way.
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COLLINS: And we agree that CNN should also get access to that footage. Many media outlets would.
I want to talk to you about the budget, because you just heard from the White House budget director about President Biden&#8217;s proposal. When are Republicans going to release their proposal?
MACE: I would like to know that as well. There&#8217;s been a lot of discussion internally about what that might look like. The Freedom Caucus has put theirs out. We&#8217;re still having that discussion.
I will tell you, and the comments by the director of OMB on this program a few minutes ago were disturbing to me, just not even as a member of Congress, but as an American, that this is nonnegotiable. The administration is talking about a $5 trillion tax hike.
That is not tenable for individuals and businesses, given the inflation that we&#8217;re facing right now, given the possible recession that we&#8217;re heading into. We should be negotiating on this issue. This shouldn&#8217;t be one-sided, because both sides, Republicans and Democrats alike, have caused the inflation that we&#8217;re in today.
They have caused the $31 trillion of debt that we&#8217;re facing right now. Both sides should be sitting at the table and coming up with a reasonable plan, let&#8217;s just say over 10 years, to tackle spending, to tackle taxes, to tackle inflation, so that we can get on with this and grow the economy in a way that can tackle the $31 trillion deficit that we have, let&#8217;s just say over 10 years.
I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s a lot to ask.
COLLINS: Yes, I should note the White House&#8217;s budget, they say would really &#8212; would reduce the deficit by about $3 trillion over 10 years.
But you just mentioned that proposal from the House Freedom Caucus. Do you agree with that proposal?
MACE: I haven&#8217;t read it in detail, so I don&#8217;t want to make a comment on it if I don&#8217;t know the specifics of the plan. The president&#8217;s plan just came out. I did read some media reports that said it would not reduce the deficit.
And so I want to look at it with an open mind and look at it from the economists from both sides of the aisle to figure out what it is. But what I did read was a $5 trillion tax hike on individuals and businesses. And if you&#8217;re going to be serious about inflation, for example, there are a number of things that we have to do.
You have to tackle spending. You have got to look at how we&#8217;re spending taxpayer dollars. You have to look at lowering taxes. You have to also grow the economy exponentially in a way so that it can &#8212; it can take over the inflation and the deficit issues that we have right now.
That&#8217;s what you got to do.
COLLINS: Yes.
And we should note&#8230;
MACE: You can&#8217;t do it by raising taxes.
COLLINS: &#8230; the White House&#8217;s plan is basically dead on arrival, given Republicans control the majority in the House. We will wait to see when Republicans do release their plan.
I want to ask you about the collapse of SVB. That is something that everyone is waiting to see what happens when markets open tomorrow morning. As a member of Congress, do you think that they should get bailed out by the federal government?
MACE: It&#8217;s still &#8212; it&#8217;s still very early to see or say what the ramifications are going to be. That was a unique bank that mostly served start-ups in Silicon Valley.
And those customers have been hit by inflation. They have been hit by interest rates. They&#8217;re low on cash. There was also, it sounds like, a panic run by some of their larger companies last week. The CEO sold himself millions of dollars of stock and gave his employees, I read this morning, bonuses right before the government took over the bank.
We cannot keep bailing out private companies, because there&#8217;s no consequences to their actions. People, when they make mistakes or break the law, have to be held accountable in this country.
COLLINS: OK, so just to confirm, you don&#8217;t support a bailout, right? Is that what you&#8217;re saying?
MACE: Not at this time. COLLINS: OK.
MACE: I would &#8212; it&#8217;s still very early. Again, it&#8217;s, I don&#8217;t even think, been 48 hours. But, at this time, I would not support a bailout.
COLLINS: I want to ask you about something your fellow South Carolinian, Nikki Haley, said. Obviously, she is running for president in 2024.
She said this week that she supports the &#8212; raising the retirement age for people who are in their 20s when it comes to receiving Social Security benefits. Do you agree with her on that?
MACE: I think that&#8217;s something that has to be on the table we have to look at.
I&#8217;m 45 years old. I&#8217;m assuming that Social Security will be insolvent, that I won&#8217;t have retirement funds from what I put into in my adult life, my working life. We do have to look at Social Security. We have got to look at our spending in this country, mandatory and discretionary.
If we&#8217;re going to take on fixing the Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, you name it, we have got to get serious about it.
COLLINS: OK, so you do &#8212; you do support potentially raising the age to maybe extend the&#8230;
MACE: As long &#8212; as long as it&#8217;s not anybody that&#8217;s heading into retirement right now.
We do not want to take away those that are in retirement or those that are heading into retirement. But if we&#8217;re talking about younger generations, my kids, for example, if they know what the &#8212; what the retirement will look like 40 years from now, 50 years from now, then that should be on the table, and can be.
We have to both. Republicans and Democrats have screwed this thing up, and they have got to fix it.</blockquote>

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Psychologist and author Dr. Jordan B. Peterson provided a breakdown of today’s environmentalist movement that is almost religious in nature.
Tucker Carlson invited Jordan Peterson to join his show Friday to explain what Carlson observed to be a discrepancy — namely that environmentalism’s purported goal to save the environment actually does more harm to the environment than good. Peterson validated Carlson’s observation by noting how Sri Lanka has become a “wasteland” and how Germany’s energy is more expensive and less reliable all due to “idiot hypothetically environmentalist policies.” He then explained what he believed was behind this.
“But there’s something that’s even deeper lying underneath the surface,” Peterson said, citing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/dr-karl-friston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">converging evidence</a> from different disciplines. “The structure through which we see the world is essentially a narrative—a story.”
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The question that follows, Peterson asked, is what is that story and what elements does it contain? 
“The environmentalists offer us a story to live by and it’s a pseudo-religious story and it essentially elevates the biosphere, the earth — Gaia, the earth goddess — to the status of primary deity and characterizes her as sort of a waif-like innocent victim, easily taken advantage of and fragile. It casts the entire human endeavor on the social front as a raping and pillaging, patriarchal, monster only interested in power. And, it casts the individual as a devouring mouth riding on the back of that giant, essentially.”
There is some truth to that, the “<a href="https://store.dailywire.com/collections/books/products/12-rules-for-life-an-antidote-to-chaos?_pos=1&amp;_fid=b9fb42232&amp;_ss=c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos</a>” author granted, explaining how humans are capable of destroying the environment. However, that story is “very incomplete,” and as a result, human beings are “demonized,” which is “extraordinarily dangerous.”
Environmentalism’s giveaway that it is religious in nature instead of a way of dealing with the realities of the world is that it has “odd features.” Peterson provided the environmentalists’ radical opposition to nuclear power and natural gas as prime examples of those odd features.
“It’s clearly the case that there’s nothing that reduces carbon production more effectively than nuclear power,” Peterson said. “It’s also clearly the case that if we were careful with nuclear power … that we could be providing extremely lost-cost energy to people, especially poor people throughout the world, but we’re not going to do that. In fact, we have an anti-energy policy in place, especially in any places that are ruled essentially by the left.”
Starvation has increased globally over the past few years as a result of environmentalist policies, Peterson noted, put in place by “hypothetically well-meaning deluded pseudo-religious environmental worshippers of the apocalypse.” He called the situation “appalling,” and that it’s “likely to get worse before it gets better.”

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Former House Jan 6 committee Chairman <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/jan-6-committee-boss-plays-dumb-on-tucker-carlsons-bombshell-footage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bennie Thompson</a> (D-MS) claimed on Wednesday that he and other members of the January 6th Committee had not had access to all of the footage of that day&#8217;s events, saying that &#8220;a team of employees&#8221; had been responsible for going through the video.
CNN political reporter Alayna Treene shared Thompson&#8217;s comments in a series of tweets, saying, &#8220;[Thompson], former chair of the Jan. 6 committee, said lawmakers were never given that type of access to the footage last Congress. &#8216;It’s strictly a new policy that the new speaker has put in place,&#8217; he told CNN.&#8221;
&#8220;Thompson said he doesn’t think any of the Jan. 6 members themselves ever had access to the footage — they let only staff view it,&#8221; Treene continued her report. &#8220;&#8216;I&#8217;m actually not aware of any member of the committee who had access. We had a team of employees who kind of went through the video.'&#8221;
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Thompson said he doesn’t think any of the Jan. 6 members themselves ever had access to the footage — they let only staff view it. &quot;I&#39;m actually not aware of any member of the committee who had access. We had a team of employees who kind of went through the video.&quot;
&mdash; Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) <a href="https://twitter.com/alaynatreene/status/1633578749374464005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Thompson&#8217;s claim comes after Fox News host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/new-jan-6-video-changes-narrative-brings-knives-out-for-tucker-carlson-says-ben-shapiro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> — who was given access to thousands of hours of video from January 6 after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) took the gavel — aired several clips that appeared to show that several key Democratic talking points had been presented without necessary context.
Among them was a clip of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) — who has been labeled &#8220;<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/josh-hawley-seen-fleeing-trump-mob-riled-newly-released-jan-6-footage-rcna39490" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-insurrection</a>&#8221; by the far Left because he raised a fist in support of peaceful protesters prior to entering the Capitol that day — running toward an exit to evacuate the building. The clip shared by the committee only showed Hawley and was used to suggest that he was running in fear of the people he had supported just hours earlier.
But <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/7/bennie-thompson-jan-6-committee-chairman-denies-pa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">footage aired</a> earlier this week by Carlson suggested that Hawley was not the only one running from the building at that point — he was simply the last in a long line of senators from both parties who were being escorted from the building.
&#8220;The actual videotape shows that Hawley was one of many lawmakers being ushered out of the building by Capitol Hill police officers, and in fact, Hawley was at the back of the pack. The coward tape was a lie,&#8221; Carlson remarked after airing the footage.
Thompson, when asked about that specific clip, doubled down: &#8220;I stand by the tape.&#8221;
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In addition to the &#8220;employees&#8221; Thompson claimed were responsible for handling the video footage, the January 6 committee hired former ABC News president James Goldston to &#8220;produce&#8221; the entire affair for &#8220;maximum impact&#8221; — a move which also could have impacted which clips were shown to the public and which ended up on the cutting room floor.
&#8220;The plan is to present the case in six tight, thematic episodes that will unfold in prime time and during the day, running 90 to 150 minutes. The idea is to make them as compelling as the marathon Watergate hearings — some of which stretched for hours — but tailored for the streaming era and a media world fueled by viral moments,&#8221; The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/us/the-committee-hired-a-tv-executive-to-produce-the-hearings-for-maximum-impact.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time.

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J6 Committee Chair Claims Members Didn’t Have Access To Footage — Shifts Blame To Staffers And ABC Producer

J6 Committee Chair Claims Members Didn't Have Access To Footage — Shifts Blame To Staffers And ABC Producer

Bennie Thompson

Capitol Riot

Congress

January 6 Committee

Don&#8217;t blame the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House January 6 committee</a> for burying Capitol security video that devastated its &#8220;violent insurrection&#8221; narrative. Turns out members had never seen it either, according to the chairman.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-jan-6-video-changes-narrative-brings-knives-out-for-tucker-carlson-says-ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> on Monday aired footage that showed rioters clashing with police and scaling walls, but we had already seen that, courtesy of the committee. However, the Fox News host also ran footage of alleged rioters, including so-called “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley, peaceably filing through the building as police officers milled passively around them. In some clips, Chansley, bare-chested, face-painted, and wearing a horned headdress, even seemed to be escorted through the building by police, and at one point was alone in the proximity of nine cops.
Although police officials have since said cops were simply trying to de-escalate the situation, it was still confusing to anyone who had bought the committee&#8217;s claims that a horde of marauding maniacs tore through the building like Visigoths sacking Rome. We knew there was a riot, but some of these folks sure didn&#8217;t look dangerous.
Panel Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) was apparently as surprised as anyone by the new video. Although he and other top Democrats are furious that Americans got to see the footage, he admitted that neither he nor anyone else on the committee had seen it, either.
&#8220;I&#8217;m actually not aware of any member of the committee who had access,” Thompson said Wednesday. “We had a team of employees who kind of went through the video.&#8221;
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🚨BREAKING: Never before seen video of January 6 shows Jacob Chansley, the QAnon Shaman, being led through the Capitol by police the entire time that he was in the building. <a href="https://t.co/rikoRMWezF">pic.twitter.com/rikoRMWezF</a>
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That explains it! The Democrats on the committee, who hired former ABC News president and onetime “Good Morning America” producer James Goldston to turn raw footage into a grand, prime-time-style production showing American democracy on the brink of collapse, never saw video that proves the day’s events weren’t quite as black and white as we were told. They didn’t even have “access.”
It was a faceless “team of employees” who presented footage of actual rioting while hiding from the public &#8212; and allegedly from criminal defendants – video that showed not everyone who entered the Capitol was a wild-eyed, violent insurrectionist. Chansley’s lawyer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-appalling-qanon-shamans-lawyer-says-doj-lied-withheld-videos-aired-by-carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Daily Wire Wednesday</a> he, like Thompson, never had access to video that could have helped him defend his client, who is now serving a 41-month sentence after pleading guilty to obstructing an official proceeding.
Carlson did not condone the riot or claim it never happened, but said the video showed that the media and the House committee had not told the whole story. While a violent riot most certainly did occur, the video shows that dozens and maybe even hundreds of people, who mistakenly thought their protests could convince then-Vice President Mike Pence to block Joe Biden from becoming president, had good reason to believe they were not breaking the law.
The investigation by the panel formally known as The United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol lasted 18 months and helped shape the perception that January 6 was a 9/11-level attack on America, and the biggest attack on our democracy since the Civil War. It was bad, but it was neither of those things. Not even close.
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You might think that over the course of a year and a half, some members of the committee, oh say nominal Republicans, Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney, might have personally reviewed security footage. But according to Thompson, they weren’t allowed to. The all-powerful “team of employees,” led by Goldston, apparently forbade them from seeing for themselves what really happened.
Who knew it would take Tucker Carlson to show Thompson that despite what his &#8220;team of employees&#8221; said, not everyone who entered the Capitol on January 6 was a threat to democracy? He must be so grateful.

QAnon Shaman

Jan. 6 Committee Boss Plays Dumb On Tucker Carlson’s Bombshell Footage

Jan. 6 Committee Boss Plays Dumb On Tucker Carlson's Bombshell Footage

The Swamp&#8217;s reaction to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-jan-6-video-changes-narrative-brings-knives-out-for-tucker-carlson-says-ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News&#8217;s Tucker Carlson</a> airing of less than two hours total of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/history-has-changed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6 video footage</a> proves that at best, the powers that be think you are really dumb and cannot handle doing your own research while weighing competing narratives and drawing your own conclusions about world events.
And that is at best. 
At worst, and perhaps far more likely, the entire legacy media and leaders from both political parties are criticizing Carlson because his footage has changed the historic record and disrupted their narrative.
Yet, for the purposes of this column, let us give folks like President Joe Biden and Senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) the benefit of the doubt; Let us pretend that they really do care only about protecting democracy and the unvarnished truth. Let us also say that they did not use January 6 to tarnish former President Donald J. Trump and more than 74 million voters with all their might.
Even if that were true, their reaction would still be insulting and belittling to the American people.
As reported, Schumer called for Fox News to silence its eight o&#8217;clock host and called Carlson&#8217;s first segment a &#8220;dangerous, unforgivable attempt to destabilize our democracy and rewrite the history of the worst attack on our constitution since the Civil War.&#8221;
He was not alone. McConnell also took umbrage with the news network for allowing one of its opinion commentators to go against the official government narrative.
&#8220;It was a mistake, in my view, for Fox News to depict this in a way that’s completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the Capitol thinks,&#8221; he said. Indeed, the U.S. Capitol Police also slammed Carlson for his coverage.
Biden also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-scolds-republicans-over-tucker-carlson-airing-january-6-tapes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">weighed</a> in on Wednesday, in part saying, &#8220;How dare anyone diminish or deny the hell they went through? I stand with the Capitol Police.&#8221;
Again, treating these folks in the most Pollyannish way possible, it is evident that they think the common man is too stupid to intelligently watch Carlson&#8217;s reporting, read the official January 6 Committee transcript, and scour the internet to make up their own opinions.
Our elected leaders — and I use that term loosely — in Washington believe that information must first flow through government hands, be packaged in a way that advances The Swamp&#8217;s interests, and then parceled out to approved &#8220;news sources&#8221; — again, using the word &#8220;news&#8221; loosely — where it will be regurgitated as propaganda.
Carlson, obviously, does not fit that bill — which is why they want to stop any more J6 content from getting out to the public — which is all nonsense and patronizing.
As left-wing radio host Jimmy Dore recently <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUNYOJASD1w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> best-selling author Michael Malice on a similar topic,  &#8220;I don&#8217;t need a person in the government or in Silicon Valley to pre-read my news for me and decide if I can read it or not.&#8221;
You don&#8217;t need somebody to pre-read your news for you either. You are more than likely capable of reading many different sources and relying on the facts to ascertain the truth as well.
January 6th isn&#8217;t a one-off news story either. As readers well know, the lapdog media and their Beltway allies have consistently pushed the idea that there is only one accepted way to report on COVID-19 and its vaccine, the war in Ukraine, and other national news stories.
That state-supported singular messaging always seems to make Washington, D.C. stronger. Any journalist — citizen or corporate — who dares think differently is deemed a threat who must be stopped. Any American who entertains that the government is lying, or not being completely forthright, is treated with contempt and derision.
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So, on one hand, The Swamp either thinks you are a gullible rube who must be protected against &#8220;disinformation&#8221; because you are too stupid to know any better; Or, they despise the average American — doubly so if they are a Trump supporter — and push propaganda around the clock while misleading the public for their own purposes.
The truth is probably somewhere in the middle — which would mean The Swamp both hates you and thinks you are mindless.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 07: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) walk towards the House chamber to attend President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address at a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on February 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. The speech marks Biden’s first address to the new Republican-controlled House.HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 17: Tucker Carlson speaks during 2022 FOX Nation Patriot Awards at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood on November 17, 2022 in Hollywood, Florida.

At Best, The Swamp Thinks You Are Really Dumb

Chuck Schumer

January 6

Joe Biden

Mitch McConnell

The Swamp

Washington D.C.

This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Mexican Officials Arrest Allege Kidnapping Suspect
Mexican authorities <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mexican-authorities-arrest-suspect-in-kidnapping-murder-of-u-s-nationals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> a suspect late Tuesday allegedly tied to the kidnapping of four Americans last weekend that left two dead. The Daily Wire&#8217;s Brandon Drey joined Morning Wire&#8217;s &#8220;Afternoon update&#8221; for more on this story:
<blockquote>&#8220;The suspect, Jose Guadalupe N., is a Mexican national in his early 20’s. When he was detained he was guarding a small wooden house outside the city of Matamoros, where cartel members held the Americans. Authorities have not confirmed if he is involved with the cartel suspected of kidnapping the U.S. nationals. According to Mexican officials, when they discovered the victims kidnapped by the gunmen, two of them, Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown, were deceased. Investigations and efforts to capture those responsible are ongoing.&#8221;</blockquote>
Biden&#8217;s FCC Nominee Withdraws
President Biden’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-nominee-goes-down-in-flames-after-ruthless-onslaught-from-ted-cruz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polarizing nominee</a> to head the Federal Communications Commission has withdrawn from consideration amid significant backlash – and Democrat Senator Joe Manchin’s announcement that he would not back her.
Gigi Sohn, a former Obama official who would have been the first openly gay FCC commissioner, backs the controversial idea of net neutrality and had been vying for the job for 16 months. But in a statement Tuesday, Manchin dealt a significant blow to her chances, saying, “Especially now, the FCC must remain above the toxic partisanship that Americans are sick and tired of, and Ms. Sohn has clearly shown she is not the person to do that.” Sohn withdrew within hours of Manchin’s statement.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who has been one of the more outspoken critics of Sohn’s nomination, declared Sohn’s withdrawal a “major victory” for bipartisanship, stating, “The FCC is not a place for partisan activists; free speech is too important.”
McConnell Bashes Tucker Carlson, Fox News 
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky statesman criticized Fox News for airing newly released footage from the January 6 riots on Tucker Carlson’s Monday evening show.
&#8220;It was a mistake, in my view, for Fox News to depict this in a way that’s completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the Capitol thinks,&#8221; McConnell said Tuesday afternoon
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Fox News Host Tucker Carlson responded to his Democratic and Republican critics Tuesday evening:
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“All sharing the same outrage, and from this, we learn two things,&#8221; he said. &#8220;One: You&#8217;re getting close to what they really care about, and you have to ask yourself why? Why is it so important that they would degrade themselves by telling such obvious lies and calling for censorship? Why? What are they trying to protect? That might be worth exploring, and we plan to, and the second thing that we learned from this is that they&#8217;re on the same side. The Senate majority leader joins the Senate Minority leader — Thom Tillis, Mitt Romney. They&#8217;re all on the same side. So, it&#8217;s actually not about left and right. It&#8217;s not about Republicans and Democrats.&#8221;
Novak Djokovic Denied Entry Into America
In the world of sports, we have the latest regarding the saga of one the world’s best Tennis Players, Novak Djokovic. Crain and Company co-host David Cone reported:
<blockquote>&#8220;Djokovic has once again been denied entry into the U.S. due to his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The number one player in the world requested a medical waiver to participate in the Miami Open and the Indian Wells Masters, but was turned away by Homeland Security. 
This comes after Djokovic was forced to miss the US and Australian Opens last year, two of the four major tennis tournaments. Moderna, one of the largest vaccine makers, is one of the official sponsors of the US Open.&#8221;</blockquote>
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DOJ Accuses Louisville Police Of Violating Civil Rights
The Department of Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-accuses-louisville-police-of-civil-rights-violations-discrimination-after-breonna-taylor-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> its findings in its civil rights investigation into the Louisville Police Department following the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020. The Daily Wire’s Tim Pearce joined Afternoon Update to walk us through that report:
<blockquote>The DOJ investigated Louisville Metro Police for two years, and now alleges that the city’s officers regularly, quote, “engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of their rights under the Constitution and Federal Law.” Those findings claim that LMPD uses excessive force, relies on invalid search warrants, discriminates against black people, and unlawfully stops, detains, and arrests individuals during routine traffic and street stops. The DOJ report also claims that &#8216;Some officers have videotaped themselves throwing drinks at pedestrians from their cars; insulted people with disabilities; and called Black people &#8216;monkeys,&#8217; &#8216;animal,&#8217; and &#8216;boy.&#8221; 
The DOJ also announced that it will be reviewing Memphis, TN police department&#8217;s use of force and de-escalation policies in wake of the killing of Tyre Nichols.&#8221;</blockquote>
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 02: Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates a point during his Men’s Singles Final match against Dominic Thiem of Austria on day fourteen of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on February 02, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia.  US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a press conference on the Justice Departments findings of the civil rights investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department and Louisville Metro Government on March 8, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky. – The investigation stems from the March 13, 2020, killing of Breonna Taylor by police officers serving a no-knock warrant. HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 17: Tucker Carlson during 2022 FOX Nation Patriot Awards at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood on November 17, 2022 in Hollywood, Florida.

Wednesday Afternoon Update: So Long, Gigi Sohn, DOJ Accuses Civil Rights Violations, Tennis Star Barred From US Over No-Vax

Louisville

Merrick Garland

Morning Wire

Novak Djokovic

Podcast

January 6 was, according to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer explained that the riot of January 6 was a “violent insurrection.” And in order to preserve democracy, Schumer stated, Fox News should take Tucker Carlson off the air.
What, pray tell, did Carlson do that merited the Senate majority leader calling for his silencing? After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) granted him access to some 41,000 hours of as-yet-unreleased footage from January 6, he aired a special in which he disclosed two particularly pertinent pieces of tape: first, tape showing Capitol Police apparently walking alongside the QAnon Shaman, Jacob Chansley, through the hallways; second, tape showing Officer Brian Sicknick gesturing animatedly to fellow officers after he had already been attacked by the crowd outside.
Carlson seemed to downplay the violence of the day based on the tape. He said, “A small percentage of them were hooligans. But the overwhelming majority weren’t. They were peaceful. They were orderly and meek. These were not insurrectionists – they were sightseers.”
Now, to be certain, a riot took place on January 6. In that riot, dozens of officers were injured; some 1,000 people were arrested. But Carlson isn’t wrong that the tape appears to show some of the people in the Capitol wandering around aimlessly, not violently, or that the media’s original portrayal of Sicknick’s death – it was widely reported that he had been directly murdered by the crowd – was incorrect. 
Argue with Carlson’s framing all you want; I have significant disagreements with it. But it is clear that January 6, as ugly as it was, was a riot and not a “danger to our democracy”; that many of those in the Capitol were in fact gawking rather than rioting; and that the January 6 committee went out of its way to present certain footage but avoid other footage. A decision was made by the January 6 committee and the media to avoid the possibility of any nuance whatsoever regarding the riots: instead, the only acceptable narrative determined that a riot was an insurrection, that insurrection threatened the overthrow of the United States, and that the insurrection continues to percolate throughout conservative circles. Any mitigating evidence to that overblown narrative was discarded.
Supposedly, the best way to ensure that narrative was to ensure silence. But Schumer’s call to silence Carlson is precisely the reason Carlson’s report went viral in the first place. The media-Democratic complex keeps exaggerating narratives, eliding any countervailing information, and then seeking to censor those who present such information; they keep burying evidentiary landmines hoping they won’t be triggered. Then the landmines blow up, and they’re shocked at the explosion.
We couldn’t be given the footage, according to our media and political elites, lest we draw the wrong conclusions. Herein lies the problem: the best way to avoid the American people drawing the wrong conclusions is to present them with the full evidence, and then let them draw their own conclusions. And that’s precisely what the elites in our media and the Democratic Party won’t allow.

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What We Weren’t Shown About January 6

What We Weren't Shown About January 6

Ben Shapiro

Readers Pass

President Joe Biden condemned House Republicans on Wednesday for allowing Fox News host Tucker Carlson to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-releases-january-6-footage-that-raises-new-questions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">access and air previously unseen</a> security footage of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6</a> that showed police officers appearing to stand by passively as people poured into the U.S. Capitol.
The rebuke from the president came in response to an internal memo from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/capitol-police-chief-responds-to-tucker-carlsons-airing-of-january-6-footage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger which criticized</a> &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight&#8221; for broadcasting some of the video and commentary he claimed was offensive and misleading.
&#8220;More than 140 officers were injured on Jan 6,&#8221; Biden said in a tweet. &#8220;I’ve said before: How dare anyone diminish or deny the hell they went through? I stand with the [Capitol Police]. I hope House Republicans feel ashamed for what was done to undermine our law enforcement.&#8221;
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More than 140 officers were injured on Jan 6.
I’ve said before: How dare anyone diminish or deny the hell they went through?
I stand with the <a href="https://twitter.com/CapitolPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CapitolPolice</a>.
I hope House Republicans feel ashamed for what was done to undermine our law enforcement. <a href="https://t.co/pES1zApH9Y">https://t.co/pES1zApH9Y</a>
&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1633548683542249473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Carlson and his team received exclusive access to more than 40,000 hours of security camera footage as part of a deal made with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who said he opted for the disclosure for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-defends-releasing-january-6-tapes-torches-cnn-reporter-to-their-face" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sake of transparency</a> and to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlsons-use-of-january-6-tapes-is-limited-republican-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">counter the “politicization”</a> he believes had been fostered by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the January 6 Committee.
Some Republicans have been supportive of the speaker. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) thanked McCarthy for the disclosure as it <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1627733161026195470" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may help some of the January 6 defendants</a> in their cases.
Still, Democrats and other Republicans have expressed their dismay with the agreement and Fox News&#8217; portrayal of the events of January 6, 2021, the day a crowd of people entered the U.S. Capitol, disrupting lawmakers who were meeting to certify Biden’s 2020 election victory.
&#8220;It was a mistake, in my view, for Fox News to depict this in a way that&#8217;s completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the Capitol thinks,&#8221; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/03/07/1161686255/fox-tucker-carlson-jan-6-security-tapes-mcconnell-manger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters on Tuesday</a>.
Officials have said about <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/one-year-jan-6-attack-capitol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">140 police officers</a> were assaulted in clashes with people at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. In addition, four police officers who defended the Capitol on that day <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/3rd-police-officer-gunther-hashida-kills-himself-after-capitol-riot-by-trump-mob.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">later committed suicide</a>. However, only people who were part of the crowd <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/us/politics/jan-6-capitol-deaths.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died</a> on the day of the breach, including Ashli Babbitt after being fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer.
During his show on Monday, Carlson aired some familiar images of the people getting violent with police and breaking windows. But, he said only a &#8220;small percentage&#8221; of the large crowd were &#8220;hooligans&#8221; and insisted the footage his team has seen &#8220;demolishes&#8221; the claim that there was an attempted insurrection.
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Virtually no one in Washington, Republican or Democrat, wanted to see this tape released tonight. <a href="https://t.co/YfpvaIZTbn">pic.twitter.com/YfpvaIZTbn</a>
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The host shared footage that he said makes clear the vast majority of the people were &#8220;peaceful,&#8221; &#8220;orderly,&#8221; and &#8220;meek.&#8221; These &#8220;sightseers,&#8221; as Carlson described them, appeared to revere the U.S. Capitol as they filed inside in an orderly fashion and were present out of concern that there was fraud in the 2020 election. He accused Democrats and journalists of suppressing the images up until now as “a pretext for a federal crackdown on opponents of the uni party in Washington.”
McCarthy <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3878242-mccarthy-gop-pump-brakes-on-release-of-jan-6-footage-to-tucker-carlson/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assured reporters</a> that Capitol Police were part of the process of sharing clips with Carlson&#8217;s team and security would be &#8220;taken care of.&#8221; Still, Capitol Police <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3888104-capitol-police-says-it-reviewed-just-one-jan-6-clip-tucker-carlson-showed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Hill on Monday</a> that the agency requested &#8220;that any clips be shown to us first for a security review&#8221; but that so far, it had &#8220;only been given the ability to preview a single clip out of the multiple clips that aired.”
In his memo sent to staff on Tuesday, Manger accused Carlson&#8217;s program of cherry-picking calmer moments from January 6 and claimed the commentary &#8220;fails to provide context about the chaos and violence that happened before or during these less tense moments.&#8221; Manger also said his department &#8220;stands by the officers in the video&#8221; that was shown, asserting that officers were outnumbered on January 6 and did their best to de-escalate the situation.

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A fired Capitol Police officer who helped evacuate the Capitol during the January 6 riots said supervisors went radio silent and told Tucker Carlson how he donned a red MAGA cap in order to make his way through a hostile crowd of protesters.
Tarik Johnson told the Fox News host in an interview aired Tuesday that his bosses seemed ill-prepared for the riot. He was trying to evacuate the Senate side of the building as the crowd became increasingly hostile, but could not get an answer, much less authorization.
“The person that I thought was going to authorize the evacuation … didn’t do it,” Johnson said, explaining that he called multiple times over the radio, asking repeatedly for permission to begin evacuating the Senate side of the building because he had a clear line of sight to a safe exit path.
He said dispatchers also assisted in calling for an evacuation, but the response from supervisors never came — and eventually, Johnson began escorting the senators to safety on his own. At one point he was told fellow officers were in need of help.
Johnson said the House January 6 Select Committee never sought to interview him during its 18-month investigation.
Johnson, who said he was fired after being seen wearing the pro-Trump cap, said someone in the crowd put it on his head, and when the person asked for it back, Johnson kept it as an act of self-preservation while he rushed to the aid of his colleagues.
&#8220;I figured if I had the hat on, it&#8217;d be easier for me to navigate my way through the crowd,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was basically self-preservation and de-escalation. And I needed to get up those steps. I couldn&#8217;t say what would have happened walking through that crowd without it.&#8221;
Johnson, who said he voted for Joe Biden in the hotly contested 2020 election, said that his top priority was getting &#8220;the members of Congress and their staff to safety.&#8221;
Carlson said that surveillance footage appears to corroborate Johnson&#8217;s account of what happened.
&#8220;A photo emerged of Johnson wearing a MAGA hat outside the Capitol,&#8221; Carlson said. &#8220;That picture cost him his career.&#8221;
Johnson said regarding wearing the hat, &#8220;sometimes I look at it and I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Thank you, God for blessing me with this hat. And sometimes I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Wow, I wish this hat never came in my life.'&#8221;
The interview followed Monday&#8217;s show in which Carlson aired some of the more than 40,000 hours of previously unreleased security video his team was given access to. The video showed that, at least at several points during the incident, police seemed to take a passive approach toward many of the people who entered the building. The footage also showed that in many cases the alleged rioters seemed to move through the building in a respectful and orderly fashion. But footage also showed many in the massive crowd breaking windows, scaling walls and clashing with police.
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Former Capitol Police Officer Tarik Johnson tells Tucker Carlson he wore a MAGA hat during the January 6 riot so he could blend into the crowd and that it was an act of “self-preservation.”
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Ex-Capitol Hill Cop Says Supervisors Went Silent During Jan. 6 Riot; Donning MAGA Cap Cost Him His Career

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) slammed a CNN reporter during a brief interaction with reporters in which he answered questions about releasing footage from the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
&#8220;Because of the footage that you gave Tucker Carlson, last night he went on and said this was a mostly peaceful chaos as he said, he downplayed Brian Sicknick&#8217;s death, said it was not related to January 6, that this was not an insurrection,&#8221; CNN&#8217;s Manu Raju said. &#8220;Do you regret giving him those [tapes] so he could whitewash the events of that day?&#8221;
&#8220;No. I said at the very beginning, &#8216;transparency,'&#8221; McCarthy said. &#8220;And so what I wanted to produce for everybody is exactly what I said, people can actually look at it and see what&#8217;s gone on that day.&#8221;
When asked if he agreed with Carlson&#8217;s portrayal of the events that took place on January 6, McCarthy said, &#8220;Each person can come up with their own conclusion.&#8221;
&#8220;But I just wanted to make sure I had transparency, because I know on CNN, I mean, I had here where you guys actually wrote where we were,&#8221; McCarthy continued as he held up the printed off CNN report. &#8220;This was a secret location &#8230; I don&#8217;t know if you got concerned by that, I don&#8217;t even know from a point of view of security if we could ever be taken there again. But when you broke that at CNN, that was a real concern to a lot of people.&#8221;
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BREAKING: McCarthy defends Tucker release of J6 tapes, slams CNN <a href="https://t.co/e6FxWHWoDf">pic.twitter.com/e6FxWHWoDf</a>
&mdash; Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1633272638360412160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Kevin McCarthy Defends Releasing January 6 Tapes, Torches CNN Reporter To Their Face

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