IN-DEPTH: New Capitol Police Security Video Fills in More Jan. 6 Details

Published on April 25, 2024

The more than 20,000 hours of Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol security video made public by a GOP-controlled House committee since November 2023 have started to fill in details long hidden by the now-defunct Jan. 6 Select Committee. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ordered security video be uploaded to publicly accessible servers beginning last November. Eventually, staff from the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight established a channel on the video platform Rumble to store the footage. “Today’s release marks the halfway point of the estimated 40,000 hours we intend to publish,” Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight, said on April 15....