CNN —Nine national media organizations, including CNN, are suing for access to Capitol Hill surveillance tapes of January 6, 2021, that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has provided to Fox News but so far to no other press outlets. “Plaintiffs here are among the many news organizations that have been denied access to the Capitol Surveillance Videos by the Speaker’s Office,” lawyers for the press coalition write. Instead, they are seeking access to the tapes through another mechanism, the federal public records law that the Justice Department, but not Congress, is covered by. “Despite that clear and controlling ‘prior disclosure’ doctrine, the EOUSA has constructively denied a FOIA request for the Capitol Surveillance Videos that these Plaintiffs submitted in February 2023. In addition to CNN, the press coalition includes Advance Publications, The Associated Press, CBS News, E.W.

Source: Fox News April 12, 2023 16:24 UTC