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- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defended releasing Jan. 6 footage to Tucker Carlson.
- The Fox News host has used the footage to downplay the violence of the riot.
- Republicans and Democrats have criticised the release of the footage.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy deflected when asked what new information was revealed about the Capitol riots by the stash of tapes he had given to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
In an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures, McCarthy defended his decision to release 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the January 6, 2021, riot.