Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) of jeopardizing lawmakers’ security by handing Fox News host Tucker Carlson hours of footage from the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
In a “Dear Colleague” letter sent to lawmakers on Wednesday, Schumer said McCarthy is “needlessly exposing the Capitol complex to one of the worst security risks since 9/11” by sharing the footage with Carlson.
“The footage Speaker McCarthy is making available to Fox News is a treasure trove of closely held information about how the Capitol complex is protected and its public release would compromise the safety of the Legislative Branch and allow those who want to commit another attack to learn how Congress is safeguarded,” Schumer said.
On Monday, Carlson revealed that McCarthy granted him and his producers “unfettered” access to hours of security video recorded when hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol to stop the confirmation of Joe Biden’s electoral college victory.
In a fundraising appeal on Wednesday, McCarthy told supporters he gave Carlson access to 44,000 hours of footage of the insurrection. Five people died as a result of the attack, and 140 members of law enforcement were injured as the mob used flagpoles, bear spray, baseball bats and other weapons against police.
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