Pundits have been lining up to echo Schumer in attacking Carlson for being sleazy and dangerous. But Carlson has gone to some lengths to avoid being irresponsible: he ran the footage he’s used past Capitol police and complied with their requests to avoid security risks.

Last night, Carlson further explored the biggest and most mystifying question around January 6: how did the Capitol’s security forces, then presided by Democratic House Majority Speaker Nancy Pelosi fail quite so spectacularly? All sorts of intelligence analysts had warned that January 6, the day the 2020 election result was confirmed in the Senate, was likely to be an occasion of angry protests. Yet the Capitol police were unprepared and some of their behavior was perplexing. Asking questions about their failure isn’t dangerous. It’s good journalism.