“That’s Not Public Disclosure”: Kevin McCarthy’s Deal With Tucker Carlson Is No Act of Transparency

In defending his decision to hand over security footage from the Capitol riot exclusively to Tucker Carlson, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has claimed that he is fulfilling a promise of transparency he made to voters. “I was asked in the press about these tapes,” he told The New York Times, “and I said they do belong to the American public.” But McCarthy has hardly fulfilled that vow: The full record of security footage from the January 6 attack is still not available to the public or any members of the media aside from Carlson, who has theorized that FBI operatives… Read Full Article