MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he will be suing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in order to access the 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance from the Jan. 6 riots. On Wednesday, it was reported McCarthy had shared the security footage exclusively with Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
In an interview on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, Lindell argued that by giving exclusive rights to Fox News, the House speaker is discriminating against other media that want to see the footage too.
“It’s like a cover-up. Why does just Fox get this? So they can cover it up even more? It’s disgusting. All of us, including War Room, we need to see what’s on those tapes. And we need to see all of them.”
The release of the footage to the Fox News team comes after Republicans criticized the Jan. 6 Committee of being biased in what clips they decided to televise in their hearings.
Meanwhile, Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, said nobody should have been given access to the footage. Democrats said it could compromise the security of the Capitol by exposing the placement of cameras throughout the complex.
