Fox News host Tucker Carlson says he's gained 'unfettered' access to more than 40,000 hours of Jan. 6 security video
Carlson has repeatedly spread conspiracy theories about the circumstances surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and has suggested it was part of a "false flag" operation to target Trump supporters.House GOP leaders appear to have given a Fox News host exclusive access to more than 40,000 hours of previously unreleased surveillance camera footage from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
After Axios reported on Monday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had authorized the release, Fox host Tucker Carlson said on his program Monday night that he had gained "unfettered" access to the video, saying that some of his "smartest producers" have been reviewing the footage at an undisclosed location for about a week.
It was unclear on Tuesday where Carlson's team was reviewing the footage, or exactly who they got it from, and McCarthy's office did not immediately respond to an ABC News request for comment.On Monday, Carlson claimed that some of the footage appears to contradict "the story that we've been told for more than two years," but he was short on details or specifics. Instead, Carlson teased that his team's findings would air on his program next week.
Carlson has repeatedly spread conspiracy theories about the circumstances surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and has suggested it was part of a "false flag" operation to target Trump supporters. The apparent offer to Carlson's team also comes as a recent filing from the voting company Dominion in their lawsuit against Fox News revealed damning internal communications showing top Fox personalities, including Carlson, expressing concerns the accuracy of false allegations of voter fraud even as they pushed to their audiences the false narrative of the 2020 election being stolen.
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