Congress Releases First Batch of 40,000 Hours of Jan. 6 Footage to Public

More than 40,000 hours of Jan. 6 Capitol Police security video will be made public on a dedicated website starting immediately, and ramping up in the coming months, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) announced on Nov. 17. However, individual video clips released to media or other requesters will have the faces of identifiable individuals blurred, a senior congressional aide said. That restriction drew immediate fire from some Jan. 6 criminal case defendants. “So while we are significantly expanding the amount of clips that will be available and who can request them, we will be blurring faces with respect to individuals…