A group of nine news outlets is suing for access to more than 44,000 hours of surveillance footage taken during the Jan 6 riot that SpeakerMcCarthy has only made available to FoxNews’s TuckerCarlson.
The outlets filed the lawsuit on Wednesday against the FBI and the U.S. attorney’s offices at the Justice Department, demanding access to the surveillance footage and arguing it should be made available to all media outlets. The group is requesting access to the footage through the two government agencies, seeking to circumvent approval from McCarthy and Congress in their request.
McCarthy agreed to give Carlson access to the tapes after demands from Republican lawmakers who pushed the party leader for weeks to release the video. McCarthy has repeatedly defended his decision to share the footage, arguing the release was important to ensure a transparent investigation into the Capitol riot.
A slate of news organizations wrote a letter to McCarthy in late February demanding access to the footage, arguing it should be made available to other outside groups as well. Several media outlets later submitted Freedom of Information Act requests to the FBI for access to the footage, but the agency was “unable to identify” the requested records, according to the lawsuit.
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