Republicans Are Blurring the Faces of Capitol Rioters so They Won't Get Arrested
Republicans Are Blurring the Faces of Capitol Rioters so They Won't Get Arrested
House Speaker Mike Johnson said that the release of Jan. 6 security footage has been delayed in order to blur the faces of rioters.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has promised to release more than 44,000 hours of surveillance footage from Jan. 6 to the public, with one major caveat: The faces of some individuals who participated in the storming of the Capitol, a violent attempt to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s election, will be blurred out.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Johnson said that “the release of the January 6 tapes is a critical and important exercise, we want transparency … we trust — House Republicans trust — the American people to draw their own conclusions.”
Johnson added that the party is going “through a methodical process of releasing them as quickly as we can” and that they “have to blur some of the faces of the persons who participated in the events of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliated against, and to be charged by the DOJ and to have other, you know, concerns and problems.”
It's either foolish or malicious to deliberately misrepresent the actions or motivations of these ass-hats just because they're ass-hats.
The DOJ already has unredacted footage and the blurring of faces is meant to avoid retaliation by "non-governmental actors", i.e. vigilantes, not to save anyone from arrest.
Which is it? A "peaceful protest by MAGA infiltratded by A Deep State/BLM/Antifa instigating a sedicious Riot" or "Need to blur faces to protect from the non-government retaliation". If it's the former, surely the GOP would not desire protection of the latter.
Or should I just now start saying that the GOP led Congress is protecting Antifa/Deep State/BLM traitors? I'mma run with that one....
Then arrest the entire GOP.
So, he's literally saying that it was a criminal act?
Faces have been blurred to protect the guilty.
Johnson says the J6 committee was a partisan action and that the Republicans on the committee were following some other agenda. Therefore, the Republican party is a criminal conspiracy to commit treason against the United States.
"We want to conceal evidence of a crime"
I’m no legal expert but could this be construed as aiding and abetting criminals?
the same ones who ran like little girls while the traitors took a shit on the entire history of our Republic.. are those the Republicans who are blurring the faces of their criminal help? i hope they catch you assholes next time..
Maybe he hasn't found his face yet? , or all of his donors?
Horrifying. Anti-American. Should tell you everything you need to know about voting republican, at this time in history
I think we already drew our own conclusions the day it happened. Our conclusions became firmer and firmer as the months carried on, when we learned that select Republicans actually cheered on for the Jan 6th riot to happen because they wanted the rioters to overrun their political opponents.
And blurring the faces really won't do much because we've had many clips to look at, we've had many tips, leads and everything about that riot to where we have a good idea as to who was there. Doesn't help that the idiots who participated are some of the loudest mouths, so they've drawn their own attention.
Republicans are just telling their base they’re doing this so that the base feels like they’re owning the libs.
The cops have already seen this shit. Where the fuck do they think capital camera footage goes? MTG’s Ring account?
ok.
I mean.. The other part about internet sleuths is that it can help get these insurrectionists fired from their jobs.
Unmasking someone (showing that they were at Jan 6) is different from doxxing them (their private deets).
They should absolutely face consequences from multiple levels of society: legally, at work, online...
These aren't fine people to protect and encourage, they're people who should be embarrassed
Oh, they'll probably just say it's because of defamation risk-
Johnson added that the party is going “through a methodical process of releasing them as quickly as we can” and that they “have to blur some of the faces of the persons who participated in the events of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliated against, and to be charged by the DOJ and to have other, you know, concerns and problems.”
Oh, right, sorry. Forgot this is the timeline where Republicans take it as a point of pride that their motive is to be fascists. Carry on.