Carlson: Newly unearthed Jan. 6 footage ‘demolishes’ Dems’ ‘insurrection’ claims

By Harold Hutchison

Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Monday that footage of the Capitol riot “demolishes” claims by Democrats that an “insurrection” occurred on Jan. 6, 2021.

“We are about to show you surveillance footage from inside the United States Capitol. The images you will see were recorded 26 months ago today on January 6th, 2021,” Carlson, a co-founder of the Daily Caller and honorary board member of the Daily Caller News Foundation, said. “Until now, politicians have kept this tape hidden from the public. There is no legitimate justification for that and there never has been.”

Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, the speaker of the House provided Carlson access to over 41,000 hours of video footage of the Capitol riot, Axios reported. Previous reports indicated that the amount of footage was 14,000 hours.

Hundreds of people stormed the Capitol building during the certification of the electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021. A Capitol Police officer shot and killed one of those who stormed the building.

“Once you see the video, you will understand why. Taken as a whole, the video record does not support the claim that January 6th was an insurrection,” Carlson said in a voice-over showing some of the released footage. “In fact, it demolishes that claim.”

“That is exactly why the Democratic Party and its allies in the media prevented you from seeing it,” Carlson continued. “By controlling the images you are allowed to view from January 6th, they control how the public understood that day.”

Carlson also addressed claims from Democrats and liberal media outlets who criticized the release of the footage to him.

“Our producers had unfettered access to the Capitol surveillance video. Neither the speaker’s office or the bosses at Fox News interfered in any way with our investigation. And the 40,000 or so hours of tape, most of it turned out to be irrelevant,” Carlson said. “Static shots of empty rooms and in some cases far from the Capitol itself. To find relevant videotape our producers were given the use of Capitol computers with advanced mapping software that made it easy to find what we were looking for.”

“The usual hyenas in Congress and on cable news have been howling about we are putting lives at risk by showing this tape to the public. Given that these are the very same people who support open borders and defunding the police, it is hard to take their complaints seriously. We do take security seriously,” Carlson added later. “Before airing any of this video we checked first with the Capitol police. We are happy to say the reservations were minor and for the most part they were reasonable.”

Carlson noted that the only change that was made was to obscure details of an interior door in the Capitol building.

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18 thoughts on “Carlson: Newly unearthed Jan. 6 footage ‘demolishes’ Dems’ ‘insurrection’ claims

  1. We all have the tendency to believe what we want to believe and it is difficult to accept otherwise.
    One of the best ways to actually find the truth is by use of our legal system and in testimony taken under oath where there are consequences for perjury.

    The January 6th Committee presented testimony almost exclusively from Republicans that told a far different story under oath than the snippits picked out by Tucker Carlson. There is also an ongoing lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems that has brought to light how the hosts at Fox News including Tucker Carlson did not believe the guests they were having who promoted the idea of a stolen election.

    Filings in this case show that on January 4,2021 Tucker Carlson wrote, “We are very very close to bing able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can’t wait”.
    ” I hate him passionately.” the Fox host continued. ” I blew up at Peter Navaro today in frustration. I actually like Peter. But I can’t handle much more of this”.
    “The last four years weve all pretended we’ve got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it has been would have been too tough to digest. But come on . There isn’t really an upside to Trump”.

    Sadly Tucker Carlson is a showman with something to sell who will say one thing on screen and other things privately. His video a disgrace to the over 100 law officers who were injured that day (including a Metropolitan Police Officer who is the son of a good friend).

    Those of us who believe in a smaller more fiscally responsible government, can and must do better than this.

    • Re: “The January 6th Committee presented testimony almost exclusively from Republicans that told a far different story under oath than the snippits picked out by Tucker Carlson.”

      If anyone is legitimately proven to have been a party to an ‘insurrection’, not just a case of disorderly conduct, I say put them in jail. And that includes those who committed a conspiracy to defraud our court system by making negligent misrepresentations.

      The Jan 6 Committee was anything but a legitimate example of an adversarial legal system in search of truth. If anyone picked out ‘snippets’ to emphasize, it’s the Jan 6 committee. Consider that:

      The former Capitol Police Chief, Steven Sund, who spoke out about bureaucratic failures leading up to the Jan 6 riot and was never called to testify.

      Tarik Johnson, a 22-year Capitol Hill Police veteran, the officer who was actually tasked with securing the certification of the 2020 presidential election that day, was ignored when he called for backup assistance. And he was never called to testify either.

      Where was the National Guard?

      And never mind Ray Epps, who was filmed over and again inciting people to enter the Capitol building. He wasn’t arrested. He wasn’t called to testify. Although Carlson proves that Epps lied in a deposition as to where he was during the riot.

      And it’s curious, is it not, that most of the people filmed instigating the riot, ripping down fences, and breaking doors and windows, have yet to be identified and arrested. How many of the federal agents who had infiltrated the crowd that day were called to testify? None!

      And never mind that the security cameras at the Capitol don’t record sound – but that some of the ‘snippets’ of film clips put forth by the Jan 6 committee were edited and dubbed for effect with crowd noise unrelated to the incident. That’s called evidence tampering.

      And never mind that there was no cross examination of any of the Jan 6 witnesses by the defendants charged with crimes that day. Why would anyone expect otherwise given that the only ‘Republicans’ allowed on the committee were Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, who voted for Trump’s impeachment.

      And speaking of an unbiased judicial system – it’s now proven that exculpatory evidence was withheld during discovery from the attorneys representing some of those who were arrested, some still confined now for more than a year without being charged or convicted, and those coerced into making plea deals.

      Go ahead. Try to divert attention and deceive TNR readers all you like. The truth is coming out and those who continue to push Jan 6 committee narratives are simply exposing themselves for who they really are.

      • Spot on, Jay.

        I saw footage of January 6 almost a year ago and this clearly shows police letting in protesters; escorting them in; standing by while protesters mill about, peacefully, in the rotunda; and telling Q-shaman that he and the others can go in provided they’re peaceful. Yes, there’s actual video and audio of an officer telling protesters they can go in peacefully, and the Q-shaman (if memory serves) shouts that message to those behind him.

        January 6 was a disgrace to America not for what happened, but for the outrageous lies we were told about what happened.

        Now the liberal press and powers-that-be are showing some muscle to get this thing to stop. They DO NOT want the American people to know the truth.

        Jim1

    • The problem, John, is that I’m sure you’re a good and decent person, and because of that you can’t imagine how bad it’s gotten.

      It has.

      The video doesn’t lie. The Q-shaman was given a special escort by the police. He did not trespass, and if he did, the police were complicit in this.

      They don’t want the truth to see the light of day and that’s why they’re now apoplectic that Tucker has shown some video. I predict a massive and unrelenting propaganda attack against Carlson and anyone who believes anything other than that there was an Insurrection staged by rabid Trump followers, and anyone spreading “misinformation” will be warned off and censored by our new Ministry of Truth.

      Leave the dark side, John. We all go through a period when we simply can’t believe things are so degraded but we understand that yes, they are. We want the truth. They want lies. Believe that.

      Tucker is allowed to change his mind.

      Jim 1

  2. When do the Democrats get held responsible for all the lie committees they have pushed costings millions on millions and wasted time when they knew it was a lie. The biggest being the Russia Hoax and all the efforts to impeach Pres Trump for nothing more then to tie up his presidency and prevent future runs. The J6 was nazi pelosi at her traitorous best. She denied Pres Trumps request for Nat Guard and set up video coverage to use to charge the vote demonstrators with crimes not committed. The only ones who should be in Jail are her and her leftist scum committee who pushed the lie. Free the J6 prisoners NOW and jail the real traitors. Looks like us conspiracy theorist were correct again…

  3. I watched the entire event on TV. Saw no violence. 4 hours. Saw a few pranks like scaling a wall
    outside beside the stairs. Nothing more.
    I am very disturbed that the lady who was out side a door,not moving, her back against the wall,
    , and was shot dead by a hand gun from inside that open door !!
    THE ONLY VIOLENCE SEEN !!
    This was live on TV, not edited for a news broadcast, or a Pelosi Report ?!?

  4. We all know why Ashely Babbitt was executed, red hat, white face. The question now that needs to be answered is, did Flimsy Graham’s command to “shoot the protesters”, contribute to her death?

  5. Sorry, but this is BS. All of those supposedly “peaceful” protesters illegally entered the building only after the hard-liners broke in and the law officers could not stop them so finally acquiesced to the crowd for their own safety. This story is worse than the “Sportswashing” that the Saudis are doing with the LIV golf tour!

    • You are incorrect because there are multiple doors to the capital and I saw video posted on social media on the day of the event. The capital police opened the door and held it open for people. One woman actually asked the officer if the building was open and he said yes, come on in. She then thanked him for holding the door. A BLM and Antifa thug was there. His name is John Sullivan. He went into the Capital and broke windows. Although, he was never put in jail. I know this because I read the court documents. He was charged and let go. I saw videos of Antifa and BLM changing out of their Trump attire back into their standard black clothing. I am not saying that there wasn’t a few bad apples in the bunch, because there most likely was. You are a really disappointing human being if you can’t advocate for innocent people rotting away in jail . The FBI showed up in the middle of the night at a young pregnant woman’s home and arrested her. Not because she hurt anyone or broke anything. They arrested her for walking through the capital. Her lawyer publicly stated that the Capital police held the door open and let her in the building. All Americans should be concerned about this because next time it could be someone that you care about that is entrapped in such a fashion.

    • The video doesn’t lie, Mr. Cassady. Perhaps you should watch it. But the Jan 6 Committee sure did lie. And it remains to be seen who the so-called ‘hardliners’ were. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, so to speak, I’m sure we’ll learn the ‘rest of the story’ soon enough.

      P.S. Can’t wait to see what happens to the 30 or so people who attacked a Georgia police training ground last weekend. I suspect you think that’s all BS too.

    • https://www.revolver.news/2021/12/damning-new-details-massive-web-unindicted-operators-january-6/

      I wish I had the videos I’d seen but the above link by itself raises many question about what was really going on.

      There was no insurrection. There was a carefully orchestrated plan to make it look like an insurrection so that the march would backfire and give Trump and his followers a black eye and “prove” to the American people what a nasty bunch those people are.

      Many people don’t yet understand how depraved and corrupted our entire system has become.

      Why would they now be working so hard to prevent video from being seen? It’s just video. They’re working hard because they don’t want The Big Lie revealed.

      The only way to stop the depravity is to get it out in the light of day. THAT’S why they want to stop the video releases.

      Jim1

    • Nonsense. What were they doing with Q-shaman? Several police officers escorting him, all by himself, because he alone was a grave threat and they wanted to protect him, when at any moment they could’ve easily escorted him to the door?

      No, Q-shaman was an excellent photo op, so it was essential that he was in, wasn’t it?

      I’ve seen video where the police inexplicably remove barriers and let protesters through and even escort protesters in.

      It wasn’t an insurrection. It was a planned operation to make the MAGA supporters look bad. That’s why security was so light, that’s why they let protesters in, that’s why they lobbed stun grenades into the crowd, etc.

      Our country has been subjected to a massive and unrelenting propaganda and censorship attack from all sides, and we now see this once again in an attempt to censor the video from January 6 that contradicts the official lies.

      We’re going down unless the good people of this country rise up and say, enough is enough. But first, they must understand that what they’re seeing isn’t “news” and it isn’t “the truth.” It’s manufactured propaganda on a massive scale that Orwell warned us of, and that’s happening, unseen by many, before our very eyes.

      Jim1

  6. I have to wonder if BLM and Antifa Activist, John Sullivan, is behind bars for breaking the windows at the capital? This was a rhetorical question, as most of us know the answer. I watched the videos posted on Parler that day, and witnessed Trump supporters begging police to stop what was occuring from outside the Capital. The police just stood there and refused to address people and refused to go help. The only danger of this information being shared is that it threatens the power of the socialist progressive agenda of destroying this country.

  7. We had video circulating of police letting protesters in for some time now, and this refutes any notion of an “insurrection” (really, simple trespass) because one cannot have an insurrection when the authorities are letting people in.

    Jim1

    • Exactly, the day of the event, people took video of folks walking in and thanking the capital police for letting them in, which were posted on Parler, which is why they had Patler deplatformed. This is the very definition of entrapment.

  8. I hope everyone is seeing what is going on..

    These people on the Left simply say and do whatever the hell they want to say and do and it’s up the Right to disprove what they are saying..(as all hell breaks loose from their lies).
    Like we have nothing else to do– as we attempt to solve every other disaster they create.

    You want to talk about Election Rigging? Electioneering? NOT Having a Free Press?
    THIS is what it looks like.
    The Media (that IS The Enemy Of The People) led the entire nation to believe that an insurrection went on- when it did not.
    And then look at what they did from there… claiming that Donald Trump incited an insurrection when an “Insurrection” never went on..

    We are at the point today where what needs to Be Cancelled is the Democrat Party.

  9. I hope everyone gives credit where credit is due – specifically to Darren Beattie and his Revolver News outlet. Revolver has been all over this Jan 6 issue from the get-go. Revolver was one of the first to make these disclosures months ago.

    And to all of you Leftists and so-called conservatives who condemned those Vermonters who attended the Jan 6 ‘insurrection’ (and we all know who you are), it’s time for some introspection… even an apology – if you have the courage to face your constituents.

  10. That evil-doing, self-righteous Committee was loaded with Trump haters by Pelosi

    The biased outcome was a foregone conclusion.
    What a gross waste of time.

    All that Committee had to do was hide the exonerating evidence, and hide the selective use of parts of the evidence, using only incriminating clips of videos.

    Then, McCarthy gave 40,000 HOURS of videos to Tucker.

    Sly-fox Schumer cried that was not fair, a breach of confidentiality, a danger to national security, a danger to hard working Capitol Police whose lives are at risk

    Schumer never mentioned the cleansing benefits of glasnost and perestroika, including deep-sixing the deep state.

    Schumer is more concerned the exposure will get Trump elected, and the US Congress fully controlled by the people, not the socialistic, un-American, open borders Dem/Prog destroyers of the U.S. way of Life.

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