Kevin McCarthy denounced for giving January 6 tapes to Fox News host
by Chris Stein in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#695C1)
Republican House speaker says he promised to release footage of deadly attack as Democrats denounce release to Tucker Carlson
Top Democrats in Washington cried foul after Kevin McCarthy, the new Republican House speaker, released more than 40,000 hours of surveillance footage from the January 6 US Capitol attack to Tucker Carlson, the far-right Fox News host who has consistently downplayed the deadly riot.
The Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, told colleagues McCarthy's decision poses grave security risks" and needlessly expos[es] the Capitol complex to one of the worst ... risks since 9/11".
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