'You lied': Trump allies target 'MAGA' Mike Johnson over stalled release of Jan. 6 footage

'You lied': Trump allies target 'MAGA' Mike Johnson over stalled release of Jan. 6 footage
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaking with attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition's 2023 Annual Leadership Summit at the Venetian Convention & Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Image via Gage Skidmore.
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In what appears to be another potential split between Trump surrogates and House Republican leadership, speaker Mike Johnson is getting some pressure to fulfil a promise related to footage of Jan. 6, on the third anniversary of the insurrection.

Johnson previously vowed to trickle-release all Jan. 6 footage, but the progress after the initial release has been stalled, according to Trump co-defendant and former Trump administration official Jeff Clark.

"On this, the third anniversary, of January 6, it would mean a great deal to the American people if [Johnson] made good on his promise and released all of the footage from the Capitol that day," Clark wrote. "We need radical transparency. It's been long enough."

That sentiment was put more forcefully by Laura Loomer, a former Republican candidate who has investigated the former president's various perceived enemies.

Loomer noted that it has been it's "been 3 years since J6 2021."

"[Johnson], we still don't have the J6 tapes. You lied to the American people," Loomer said.

She added: "Don't make promises you have no intention of keeping. Loomer quoted a social media post in which Johnson said he was keeping his promise to the American people and "making all the January 6th tapes available to ALL Americans."

An "America First" musician agreed.

"Speaker Mike Johnson lied to us," the musician wrote Saturday. "He said he was going to release the January 6 footage. I think they are all united in not releasing the January 6 footage."

Another account wrote, "The truth is coming out that Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats/RINOs setup innocent people at the Capitol that day to install Dementia Hitler as President This seems like it would be a great day for Mike Johnson to release some more January 6th Footage."

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