BuzzFeed is reporting that federal prosecutors on Tuesday released new surveillance video of the Capitol on January 6 despite their objection that the footage could compromise the security of the building.
Prepare yourself:
Prosecutors Lost A Fight To Keep A Set Of Jan. 6 Capitol Surveillance Videos Under Seal https://t.co/IwJekF6hSX pic.twitter.com/FTnNPoyuPU
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) September 22, 2021
Zoe Tillman reports:
The disclosure marks a setback for the US Capitol Police and the US attorney’s office in their efforts to control how much footage from the Capitol’s closed-circuit video (CCV) system gets out. In the latest case, prosecutors argued that revealing the location and vantage points of more cameras could help “bad actors” trying to plan some future assault on the building. A judge concluded that argument was too speculative, however, and that the public had a strong interest in seeing videos that formed the basis for a recent plea deal.
The judge is right; the public has a strong interest in seeing all the video.
We’re not supporting rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, but we’re also tired of hearing about “some future assault on the building,” the fear of which led Capitol Police to put fencing back up around the Capitol for that tiny Justice for J6 rally September 18.
So much loitering; oh, the horror….
— lastcoinstanding 🇸🇻 (@LastCoinStandng) September 22, 2021
Maybe it’s just me but I don’t see how this is worse than Pearl Harbor or 9/11.
— Jake Y. JD (@JakeUdub) September 22, 2021
“ThIs wAS woRsE thAn 9/11” watching video of a museum lobby
— Trill Thickelson (@rangerrenob) September 22, 2021
My god! This makes 9/11 look like a bunch of people walking around!
— Edgar Castro (@HUEDAWS) September 22, 2021
The horror!
— Herrmann8er (@Herrmann8er) September 22, 2021
Makes it look mild
— Katy Bumble (@katybumble) September 22, 2021
Omg we barely made it
— C. Woods (@mecca_of_hecka) September 22, 2021
I'm literally shaking right now watching this footage
— Alexandra 🏞 (@InLonelyLands) September 22, 2021
Is that the Taliban? It is really hard to tell the difference.
— Reply Guy (@peanutweet) September 22, 2021
This is the infamous "insurrection" that partisans have been howling about.
— Listo Lyman ( Dude/Duder/El Duderino) (@listolyman) September 22, 2021
Unimaginable horror.
— Carl Hagelin Liker 🇺🇸 (@HagelinLiker) September 22, 2021
Lightly "armed" (with cameras) "parading" around the Capitol "insurrectionists". Horrifying.
I've seen actual tour groups in the Capitol that are worse behaved than this.
— Usually Right (@normouspenis) September 22, 2021
I could only handle watching for a few seconds. Most terrifying thing I've ever seen. 😱😱😱
— J. Stone (@JayTeeStone) September 22, 2021
Looks like they went to the mall and got lost
— 🌩Andrew🌩 (@AndrewDahDude) September 22, 2021
This looks tamer then my local grocery store during rush hour.
— Mike (@ZDRuX) September 22, 2021
If our 'democracy' is so fragile that THIS threatened it then we need to send our democracy to cross-fit or something to beef it up
— Thexx Twentyone (@ThexxTwentyone) September 22, 2021
I assumed it would look more like Black Friday at Walmart. This looks like a flight just landed at JFK.
— Mark Springer (@spring4wrd) September 22, 2021
— The American Guy 🇺🇸 (@YankReb69) September 22, 2021
Nice self guided tour
— Rush (@clayrush707) September 22, 2021
Oh… my… pic.twitter.com/YfysFQI5ku
— Five Times August (@FiveTimesAugust) September 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/Gabreilcaine/status/1440820878946693120
— Nate — Code is Speech and Math is Law (@beeforbacon1) September 22, 2021
Why withhold this video? The door is open and people enter in an orderly fashion.
— Listo Lyman ( Dude/Duder/El Duderino) (@listolyman) September 22, 2021
Because … white supremacist militias might use the footage to scope out points of ingress, like when the FBI found that guy with a fully constructed LEGO model of the Capitol in his home.
2 things can be true: (1) there were people breaking laws who should and will be punished (2) what we see in this footage is the vast majority of what actually happened
— SchmoopyBird (@AhmadGarza3) September 22, 2021
Well said.
Related:
Joe Biden explains how the January 6 riots at the Capitol were ackshually worse than the Civil War https://t.co/MgsiZC7myW
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 6, 2021
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