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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Report that Rep. Byron Donalds announced that he will release all of the January 6 footage if he is elected House Speaker is UNCONFIRMED.
Rep. Byron Donalds is serving his second term after coming up through the Florida state Legislature. He has deep ties to Donald Trump and is a favorite of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus. He is one of four Black House Republicans, was the GOP’s leadership representative for the freshman class of the 117th Congress and is lauded for his communication skills.
“BYRON RUNNING FOR SPEAKER” – a brief press release from his office announced on Friday.
Donalds then released a full statement later on Friday explaining why he wants to be speaker, including, as he said on social media, to “advance our conservative agenda,” “secure our border” and more.
Nine Republicans are officially running for speaker after almost three weeks of chaos without a leader in the House.
House Republicans will hear from each candidate in a closed-door forum on Monday night. An internal secret-ballot vote will then be held on Tuesday morning, with the goal of selecting a lawmaker to be the party’s nominee for speaker — followed by a floor vote on electing that person as early as later Tuesday. Republicans have done this twice since Kevin McCarthy was deposed as speaker in early October. The two previous lawmakers, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, could not unify the party enough to be elected as McCarthy’s successor, leaving one half of Congress in unprecedented limbo.
While CNN was given access to similar videos, no outlet ever exclusively was given access to all the surveillance footage until now.
“Have you ever had an exclusive?” McCarthy said. “Because I see it on your networks all the time. So, they have exclusive, then I’ll give it out to the entire country.”
When asked about concerns about handing the video to Carlson, who has downplayed the attack on the Capitol, McCarthy took aim at the news media.
“Well, I get concerned about CNN giving exit routes out when they have the footage. I’m concerned about Nancy Pelosi’s daughter’s showing whether we went to Fort McNair when we weren’t supposed to say we were there, made a documentary — CNN put those out. That was a security problem. I was concerned about showing the exit route of Pence on the January 6, I was concerned in my own office, they showed the exit route — never talked to me either. We won’t play politics like that,” McCarthy said.
Asked when other news outlets and the American public would be able to see the same footage that he is providing exclusively to Fox News, McCarthy said, “As soon as possible.”
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