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Mike Johnson's Jan. 6 Tape Admission Raises Questions [face-blurring]
Newsweek ^ | Dec. 5, 2023 | Natalie Venegas

Posted on 12/05/2023 12:09:02 PM PST by canuck_conservative

House Speaker Mike Johnson's admission on Tuesday that the unreleased January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot video footage will have faces of those involved blurred is raising questions across social media...

Johnson released an initial 90 hours of footage in November, shared by the Committee on House Administration, but two weeks later no further footage has been released...

"As you know, we have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don't want them to be retaliated against and be charged by the DOJ," Johnson said.

In a statement emailed to Newsweek, Raj Shah, deputy chief of staff for communications for Johnson, clarified and said: "Faces are to be blurred from public viewing room footage to prevent all forms of retaliation against private citizens from any non-governmental actors. The Department of Justice already has access to raw footage from January 6, 2021."..

Since the release of the footage, many Republicans, particularly supporters of Trump aligned with the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, have claimed the videos will help confirm their narrative that the events that transpired on January 6 were not a violent storming of the Capitol building in response to Trump's 2020 election loss to Joe Biden...

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 20210106; blurredfaces; faceblurring; fbisetup; gettrump; january6
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Protect whom?
1 posted on 12/05/2023 12:09:02 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

The FBI operatives and informants?


2 posted on 12/05/2023 12:12:46 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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I assume it might be to protect participants at the rally from Antifa thugs and the like.


3 posted on 12/05/2023 12:13:18 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: canuck_conservative

In other words, FBI and other official instigators


4 posted on 12/05/2023 12:13:25 PM PST by Fai Mao ( Starve the Beast and steal its food)
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To: canuck_conservative

The FBI agents and their plants within the crowd.


5 posted on 12/05/2023 12:13:30 PM PST by jimwatx
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The weaponized DOJ already has the tapes, un-redacted, to retaliate against anyone they want. I’m not buying this lame excuse. They are hiding the feds that the DOJ CANNOT prosecute, obviously.

EC


6 posted on 12/05/2023 12:14:38 PM PST by Ex-Con777
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The weaponized DOJ already has the tapes, un-redacted, to retaliate against anyone they want. I’m not buying this lame excuse. They are hiding the feds that the DOJ CANNOT prosecute, obviously.

EC


7 posted on 12/05/2023 12:14:39 PM PST by Ex-Con777
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“”As you know, we have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliated against and be charged by the DOJ,” Johnson said.”

“The Department of Justice already has access to raw footage from January 6, 2021.””

This makes no sense.


8 posted on 12/05/2023 12:15:28 PM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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canuck_conservative :" Protect whom? "

Why ? To protect the complicit Federal and local agents and law enforcement officers who may have assisted in a 'false flag' incident.
An unarmed insurrection ..at that !
How ludicrous !!!

9 posted on 12/05/2023 12:17:05 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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Speaker Johnson said, “......we have to blur some of the faces because we
don’t want them to be retaliated against and be charged by the DOJ......”


10 posted on 12/05/2023 12:19:26 PM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: Ex-Con777
The weaponized DOJ already has the tapes, un-redacted, to retaliate against anyone they want. I’m not buying this lame excuse. They are hiding the feds that the DOJ CANNOT prosecute, obviously.

Johnson's staff later corrected Johnson's nonsensical statement.

From the article:


11 posted on 12/05/2023 12:20:17 PM PST by FreeReign
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I assume it might be to protect participants at the rally from Antifa thugs and the like

that's the excuse Johnson is using, but it still sounds kinda convenient for all the FBI provocateurs that were there and could be exposed ...


12 posted on 12/05/2023 12:21:24 PM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - keeping Europe free of Russian invaders for 74 years - you're welcome!)
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Protecting the feds. Johnson is no more one of us than McConnell.


13 posted on 12/05/2023 12:21:42 PM PST by arthurus ( covfefe renr)
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-— that’s the excuse Johnson is using, but it still sounds kinda convenient for all the FBI provocateurs that were there and could be exposed ... -——

Equally plausible.


14 posted on 12/05/2023 12:26:40 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: canuck_conservative

The old bait and switch. Can’t trust any of these SOBs.


15 posted on 12/05/2023 12:28:26 PM PST by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

Maybe some are as yet anonymous, and finks are out there at the ready for widespread dissemination to the public.


16 posted on 12/05/2023 12:31:58 PM PST by gloryblaze
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All those in Washington... There is only one I trust to do the right thing.. He has proven he will serve his people.. Over any other situation. He can’t be bought. He won’t compromise on important decisions.. And he has not.. Will not.. Quit.

God’s David...


17 posted on 12/05/2023 12:39:50 PM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: canuck_conservative

Bkmk


18 posted on 12/05/2023 12:59:35 PM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: canuck_conservative

Because the blurred faces work for the FBI and other FedGov.


19 posted on 12/05/2023 1:01:12 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: oldplayer

Just let it ride....Johnson plays the long game too.


20 posted on 12/05/2023 1:02:13 PM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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