Capitol video footage puts House Jan. 6 committee in a new light, some Senate Republicans balk

Republican lawmakers say newly revealed U.S. Capitol security footage from Jan. 6, 2021, may have exonerated many of the people who were arrested and charged with committing acts of violence that day.

The reams of security footage, which were kept under wraps until House Speaker Kevin McCarthy released it to a news outlet, also contradicted some of the narratives promoted last year by the Democrat-run House Jan. 6 committee about what went on inside the Capitol.

“We’re looking at things that we hadn’t seen before. I think it’s important to show that the Jan. 6 committee may be selectively edited. You’ll never convince me it wasn’t a bad day. It was a terrible day,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, told The Washington Times.

Mr. Graham also demanded answers to why police escorted Jacob Chansley, the Jan. 6 demonstrator known as the “QAnon Shaman,” through the Capitol and into the Senate chamber.

“Why didn’t somebody stop him?” the senator asked. “How did the system fail?”