MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he will be suing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in order to access the 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance from the Jan. 6 riots. On Wednesday, it was reported McCarthy had shared the security footage exclusively with Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
In an interview on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, Lindell argued that by giving exclusive rights to Fox News, the House speaker is discriminating against other media that want to see the footage too.
“It’s like a cover-up. Why does just Fox get this? So they can cover it up even more? It’s disgusting. All of us, including War Room, we need to see what’s on those tapes. And we need to see all of them.”
[Lindell has a point here. When McCarthy first announced this arrangement, I wrote that it was a mistake to grant access to only one outlet. The premise of the full release is that the footage is public-owned material and the public has a right to see it. The proper method would be to make it publicly accessible, not only allow one entity access to it. — Ed]
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