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House Speaker Johnson wants to blur January 6 footage to protect Capitol rioters

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CNN By Holmes Lybrand and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that before publicly releasing footage of the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, the faces of the mob will be blurred to protect them from the Justice Department.

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  1. NBC Los Angeles

    Speaker Mike Johnson says he's blurring Jan. 6 footage so rioters don't get charged (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that House Republicans are blurring footage from the Capitol attack before releasing it publicly because they don’t want Jan. 6 rioters to be charged with crimes.

  2. ABC 30 Fresno

    House speaker says Jan. 6 footage should be blurred to protect rioters, then backtracks (opens ABC 30 Fresno)

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    House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he was blurring the complete surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in order to protect participants from being charged by law enforcement -- a statement soon reversed by a spokesman.

  3. KVIA El Paso

    House Speaker Johnson wants to blur January 6 footage to protect Capitol rioters (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    CNN By Holmes Lybrand and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that before publicly releasing footage of the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, the faces of the mob will be blurred to protect them from the Justice Department.

  4. The Guardian

    Republicans to blur faces in January 6 footage as ‘we don’t want them charged’ (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Speaker Mike Johnson to release Capitol riot video but his office later acknowledges that justice department already has footage

  5. WHDH Boston

    House Speaker Johnson wants to blur January 6 footage to protect Capitol rioters - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that before publicly releasing footage of the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, the faces of the mob will

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