Speaker Johnson Explains Holdup In Releasing Jan 6 Tapes: ‘We Have To Blur Some Of The Faces’ To Protect Them From The DOJ

Far-right Republicans like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and former President Donald Trump have praised Johnson’s promise to release the footage, saying it will “prove” that the activities of Jan. 6, 2021, were peaceful.

Only morons and guilty people believe this. I saw evidence to the contrary on live broadcast.

Wouldn’t the DOJ have already seen this footage. Why would Congress have access to security footage that the cops don’t have already have access to?

This smells like some sort of play for time and or a way for GOP leaders to pretend to have their base’s backs.

Why would you have to blur the faces of people doing nothing illegal or wrong?

"We have to obstruct justice"

I'm so confused by the GOP play here. I, along with hundreds of millions of people, saw this unfolding live on TV. Do they think that by releasing more footage we're going to somehow be less mad?

Speaker Johnson implicates House GOP in conspiracy to obstruct justice and commits high treason along the way

Obstruction of justice

Pikachu face when we unblur them with AI & send another 600 of his #fascist supporters to Federal prison.

BTW, #Jan6th has been adjudicated as an insurrection, twice. This is quite literally giving aid & comfort to enemies of the USA.

we don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ, and to have other concerns and problems

I thought bringing charges against people was a basic job requirement at DOJ.

This guy’s like no no no hol’ up lemme get this one because…why?

Criminals all from the top down.

I remember when many GOP lawmakers were reliving what happened on 1/6, and talking about how Trump almost got THEM killed, and I thought finally, we were going to see some action, thought they would finally have Trump cooked. So naive, I was.

I fully believe it has to do with Project2025. They want it so bad they are willing to die for it, and in all likelihood even kill for it.

see for themselves what happened that day, rather than having to rely upon the interpretation of a small group of government officials.

Dude, just stop.

I live on the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean and I clearly saw many laws being broken via a live internet stream. Everyone in the world with the opportunity who cared and/or fretted enough did.

Jericho Johnson is trying to change what the world has already seen clearly INTO the alternative reality interpretation of a small group of government officials.

So, obstruction of justice.

Wait, can someone get his son on the horn to see if this is some kind of Japanese porn blur fetish thing?

Fucking traitor.

They have to blur the faces to keep the public from helping identify them and thus help the DoJ.

How come excrements like this get to sit as the speaker of the house is beyond me

Something is seriously wrong with the world

So he is going to release fabricated evidence at best and tampered evidence at worst. Way to go GOP!

Sooooo, the party of "law and order" wants to hide the faces of LAW BREAKERS? Yeah, fuck no, go fuck yourself. How can anyone support this shit? If you support this, you're either a fucking criminal or a piece of shit. No in between.

"We have to blur some of the faces to protect them from the DOJ obstruct justice."

Forget the fact that the DOJ already has the tapes and this dude is just signalling to Republican voters, why would it be the purview of the Speaker of the House to obstruct DOJ investigations and admit to it publicly?

Also, why is it up to this weird little man (and total asshole), anyway?

We’re working steadily on it. We’ve hired additional personnel to do that

I wonder what the hourly rate of a GOP Face Blurrer/Justice Obstructor is. I bet the dollar number is smaller than the maximum number of years in prison they would each be facing if the DOJ was still allowed to pursue justice..

DOJ already has the unblurred tapes. They are blurring faces to hide the Feds.

That would be a perfect reason to get rid of him: If that is not "giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States" as laid out in paragraph 3 of amendment 14, what would one need to do to achieve that status?

I hope one day justice will be done to the Republicans.

All Republicans are Nazis.

All Nazis must hang.

Therefore, should all Republicans be hanged?

Almost positive the government has the tech to see through blurred faces. The alphabet boys will track down everyone they need to regardless.

Taxpayer funded obstruction of justice and whitewashing

ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME

The party of doxxing courtroom staff so that OJ's supporters can murder them wants to protect the identities of insurrectionists.

Drain the swamp! Lock 'em up!

Sure, sounds legit.

That's called evidence tampering!