Democrats in full panic mode after McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 protest footage

Democrat lawmakers are apoplectic because House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) provided over 41,000 hours of footage from the Jan. 6 protests at the U.S. Capitol to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Up until now, most of the footage made available to the American people by Congress was highly curated and framed by the Jan. 6 House select committee, comprising seven Democrats and two Republican who fell out of favor with American voters. Now, perspectives that were possibly omitted or transmogrified by deceptive edits may come to light.

TheBlaze previously reported that producers from Carlson's show came to the Capitol last week to peruse video content from multiple angles taken during the protests in 2021. Clips from the collected footage are expected to start airing on Fox News in the coming weeks.

Carlson, who has accused the Jan. 6 committee of "lying," told Axios, "There was never any legitimate reason for this footage to remain secret," adding, "If there was ever a question that's in the public's interest to know, it's what actually happened on January 6. By definition, this video will reveal it."