Does it bother you that the closed circuit tapes from Jan 6 were withheld from the defendants?
With the release of them on Tucker Carlson, you can see "the other side". Yes, he cherry picked, but isn't that exactly what the Jan 6th commission did? They cherry picked and edited to present the worse case, the scenes of violence. But regardless, does the defense not have the right to exculpatory evidence? And does the government have the right to withhold it? I know my opinion is bias, and I have always felt the violence of Jan 6 was way overblown, especially in the wake of the BLM violence where people's businesses and property was destroyed, and the criminals given a pass in the name of social justice. I ama surprised there is not more outrage within the lawyer community. I would hold the same opinion if those antifa people who stormed and burned Lafayette Park were denied video that may have helped them had they been charged. I always felt one of the key tennants of our judicial system was the idea that evidence couldd not be withheld from the defense regardless. Seems pretty clear that was the case here guised under the idea it would somehow potentily endanger the security of the capital in the future. So does such an agreement trump an accused access to the full video?
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