House Speaker Johnson wants to blur January 6 footage to protect Capitol rioters

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    House Speaker Mike Johnson said that before publicly releasing footage of the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, faces of the rioters will be blurred to protect them from retaliation and the Department of Justice. CNN’s senior legal analyst Elie Honig explains why there’s no legal justification to protect their identities.House Speaker Mike Johnson said that before publicly releasing footage of the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, faces of the rioters will be blurred to protect them from retaliation and the Department of Justice. CNN’s senior legal analyst Elie Honig explains why there’s no legal justification to protect their identities.