Jan. 6 US Capitol Video Footage ‘Can and Should be Released,’ Judicial Watch Says in Legal Filing

The more than 14,000 hours of surveillance video footage from Jan. 6, 2021, held by U.S. Capitol Police can’t be hidden under a cloak of “sovereign immunity” and should be released to the public because it represents “an extraordinary moment in our history,” Judicial Watch argued in a recent legal filing in U.S. District Court. “Far from routine surveillance footage, the requested video footage is a unique and critical record of an extraordinary moment in our history,” the conservative nonpartisan foundation argued in a filing in its lawsuit, Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Capitol Police (USCP). “USCP recognizes this as they preserved the footage because of its undisputed legal and historical significance. “It is a public record,” Judicial Watch wrote. “At least significant portions of it can and should be released.” Judicial Watch filed a response to the Capitol Police’s request for a summary judgment against the release of the …

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