The more than 20,000 hours of Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol security video made public by a GOP-controlled House committee since November 2023 have started to fill in details long hidden by the now-defunct Jan. 6 Select Committee.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ordered security video be uploaded to publicly accessible servers beginning last November. Eventually, staff from the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight established a channel on the video platform Rumble to store the footage.
“Today’s release marks the halfway point of the estimated 40,000 hours we intend to publish,” Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight, said on April 15.
“My staff has been working tirelessly to release all of the footage and ensure the American people receive the full, unaltered truth of the events surrounding Jan. 6, 2021.
“Not only are we releasing all video footage, but we will continue to release all findings, videos, and documents until everything is available for the public to see the full picture of the events surrounding that day,” Mr. Loudermilk said in a statement.
Mr. Johnson added: “Each tranche of footage released from Jan. 6 provides a more complete picture of that day and additional transparency to the American people.
“I commend Chairman