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Speaker Mike Johnson says he's blurring Jan. 6 footage so rioters don't get charged (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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"We don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ,” the House speaker said. His office later noted that DOJ already has the raw footage.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That sounds an awful lot like obstruction of justice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

You’re right, it does. I guess since various law enforcement agencies already have the footage, they can get away with it… but yeah, since public volunteers helped in so many cases, the end result is the same.

Blurring the faces of the protestors may not break the letter of the law, but it definitely violates the spirit. I’d like to see a skilled legal team make an official complaint.