Thousands of videos from the Jan 6 riot at the Capitol were taken but only hundreds have been released to the public. Defense lawyers are still unable to obtain videos pertinent to the defense of their clients because the leftist government claims there is a security risk in doing so. What is not being shown to the public are thousands of videos that captured non-Trump supporting actors inciting rioting and participating in the violence. The Jan 6 'riot' was a democrat ruse designed to disrupt the congressional hearings on voter fraud that day and to blame republicans for supposedly trying to overthrow the 'legitimately-elected government.'
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DiBiase’s comments to the court are the first known acknowledgment from the Capitol Police of the extent of its cooperation with lawmakers investigating the attack. The notoriously secretive agency has said little about the extent of its cooperation with other entities and whether it had shared its materials with lawmakers until now. On Monday, two key House Appropriations Committee lawmakers — who oversee the Capitol Police budget — ripped the department for failing to provide more public details about its response to the Jan. 6 attack.
DiBiase indicated that since lawmakers’ initial request for footage, the department has agreed to provide footage from the entire 24 hour period of Jan. 6. The Capitol Police have also shared the 14,000-hour subset of footage with the FBI and the D.C. Metropolitan Police to support ongoing investigations. And it has shared a “very limited number” of video clips from Jan. 5 to assist the D.C. police with “potential ... incidents.”
Despite the disclosure, DiBiase is silent on one crucial question: Whether the department has preserved a broader swath of Jan. 5 footage and shared it with lawmakers who have raised fears about potential “reconnaissance” efforts by would-be rioters the day before the Capitol breach. Democrats leveled the charge in the immediate aftermath of the attack, suggesting Republican lawmakers or aides may have aided the rioters, but have said little to back up their statements since,
In his affidavit, DiBiase revealed that the security footage is “automatically purged” within 30 days under normal circumstances.
DiBiase filed his affidavit in the criminal case of Patrick McCaughey, who is charged with pinning a police officer while another rioter ripped off the officer’s mask. Prosecutors have relied on surveillance footage to bolster their case against McCaughey, and typical evidence-sharing procedures would require prosecutors to share those videos with McCaughey’s defense team.
2021-01-06 January 6th in 180 seconds (107631)However, the Capitol Police are raising alarms about sharing surveillance footage with McCaughey or in hundreds of other cases where such footage could come into play. DiBiase said that the agency’s legally authorized policy is to sharply restrict access to such videos because it could be used by bad actors — including many of the alleged insurrectionists now facing charges — to map out the interior of the Capitol and pose a future threat to lawmakers.
“The Department has significant concerns with the release of any of its footage to defendants in the Capitol attack cases unless there are safeguards in place to prevent its copying and dissemination,” DiBiase said.
The bottom line is that the democrat crooks are denying the constitutional rights of defendants by claiming they cannot turn over exculpatory evidence for security reasons, and then proceeding to court trials and convictions of the defendants based solely on the manipulated, one-sided evidence the leftists have compiled for their conviction.
Capitol Police provided more than 14,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage to lawmakers
Thomas DiBiase made the disclosure in connection with a criminal case.
DiBiase’s comments to the court are the first known acknowledgment from the Capitol Police of the extent of its cooperation with lawmakers investigating the attack. The notoriously secretive agency has said little about the extent of its cooperation with other entities and whether it had shared its materials with lawmakers until now. On Monday, two key House Appropriations Committee lawmakers — who oversee the Capitol Police budget — ripped the department for failing to provide more public details about its response to the Jan. 6 attack.
DiBiase indicated that since lawmakers’ initial request for footage, the department has agreed to provide footage from the entire 24 hour period of Jan. 6. The Capitol Police have also shared the 14,000-hour subset of footage with the FBI and the D.C. Metropolitan Police to support ongoing investigations. And it has shared a “very limited number” of video clips from Jan. 5 to assist the D.C. police with “potential ... incidents.”
Despite the disclosure, DiBiase is silent on one crucial question: Whether the department has preserved a broader swath of Jan. 5 footage and shared it with lawmakers who have raised fears about potential “reconnaissance” efforts by would-be rioters the day before the Capitol breach. Democrats leveled the charge in the immediate aftermath of the attack, suggesting Republican lawmakers or aides may have aided the rioters, but have said little to back up their statements since,
In his affidavit, DiBiase revealed that the security footage is “automatically purged” within 30 days under normal circumstances.
DiBiase filed his affidavit in the criminal case of Patrick McCaughey, who is charged with pinning a police officer while another rioter ripped off the officer’s mask. Prosecutors have relied on surveillance footage to bolster their case against McCaughey, and typical evidence-sharing procedures would require prosecutors to share those videos with McCaughey’s defense team.
2021-01-06 January 6th in 180 seconds (107631)However, the Capitol Police are raising alarms about sharing surveillance footage with McCaughey or in hundreds of other cases where such footage could come into play. DiBiase said that the agency’s legally authorized policy is to sharply restrict access to such videos because it could be used by bad actors — including many of the alleged insurrectionists now facing charges — to map out the interior of the Capitol and pose a future threat to lawmakers.
“The Department has significant concerns with the release of any of its footage to defendants in the Capitol attack cases unless there are safeguards in place to prevent its copying and dissemination,” DiBiase said.
The bottom line is that the democrat crooks are denying the constitutional rights of defendants by claiming they cannot turn over exculpatory evidence for security reasons, and then proceeding to court trials and convictions of the defendants based solely on the manipulated, one-sided evidence the leftists have compiled for their conviction.