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<<Lawmaker Demands Capitol Police Release Tapes After ‘False’ Allegation by Jan. 6 Panel

By Joseph Lord | May 21, 2022 Updated: May 21, 2022

Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), ranking GOP member of the House Administration Committee, is DEMANDING that U.S. CAPITOL POLICE (USCP) RELEASE SECURITY FOOTAGE TAPES FROM JAN. 5, 2021, after the JAN. 6 PANEL MADE “DEMONSTRABLY FALSE” ALLEGATIONS against another House REPUBLICAN.

Specifically, in a letter to the USCP, Davis cited “recent press reports, [that] the PARTISAN January 6th Select Committee has FALSELY ACCUSED Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) … of leading so-called reconnaissance tours of the U.S. Capitol on JAN. 5, 2021.”

-----> This charge, Davis said, “is DEMONSTRABLY FALSE. As you are aware, [Administration] Committee Minority staff have REVIEWED ALL footage in question and have CONFIRMED no ‘reconnaissance tours’ occurred.”

Davis also foresaw and rejected claims that the TAPES he requested would pose a security risk if released to the public, noting that the SAME TAPES have ALREADY been made PUBLIC in some capacity.

-----> “Any argument that this footage represents sensitive ‘security information’ was DESTROYED once the Board PROVIDED COPIES TO DEMOCRAT IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS for public dissemination or it otherwise became available to the public,” Davis wrote.

-----> Concluding the letter, Davis wrote: “If the Board has any hope of preserving a reputation as an unbiased security agency and re-establishing itself as a non-partisan entity, there is no alternative but to release the tapes. If the Board DOES NOT release the relevant footage in a TIMELY manner, I will have no choice but to exercise MY AUTHORITY under 2 U.S.C. $ 1979 to ***RELEASE THE FOOTAGE MYSELF***.”

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The USCP and the Jan. 6 panel did not immediately reply to a request to comment on the charges leveled by Davis.

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