Capitol Police officials were not told that the surveillance video of the Jan. 6 attack, which they gave to House Republicans, would be passed on to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the department's top lawyer says in a sworn court filing.
, which they gave to House Republicans, would be passed on to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the department's top lawyer said in a sworn court filing.filed Friday in Washington federal court, Capitol Police general counsel Thomas DiBiase said police found out from a media report on Feb. 20 that Carlson's staff were reviewing thousands of hours of footage from the day of the riot that had not been made public at the time.
He said he had"numerous conversations" with the committee's staff director in the weeks that followed asking to review every clip that would be made public.on his Fox News show this month. He said on his show:"We do take security seriously, so before airing any of this video we checked first with the Capitol Police. We’re happy to say the reservations were minor and for the most part, they were reasonable.
DiBiase said that clip was from a list of locations that had been designated"sensitive" and he approved its use.
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