KRISTEN WELKER: Let me ask you, quickly, about the newly elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. He just made the decision to release, and he started the process, 40,000 hours of footage from January 6th. The Capitol Police have expressed real concerns that that could jeopardize the security of the Capitol. Do you think it was responsible to release all of the footage from January 6th?
U.S. REP. MIKE TURNER: I think it's important for Americans to know the truth. This has been fraught with an unbelievable amount of misinformation and untruths and I think this, when you see the footage yourself, it’s going to give you an understanding of what was there and what occurred that day because we are currently only depending upon really partisan descriptions and now the American people can see.
WELKER: Well, and speaking of which, some of your Republican colleagues have cherry picked some of the images to, frankly, further some conspiracy theories. Do you- are you comfortable with that?
TURNER: I think it's been cherry picked by both sides. I mean, certainly, the January 6th Commission, itself, only gave just one view…
WELKER: But let me ask you about your colleagues… But let me ask you about your Republican colleagues in the wake of this footage being released. Are you comfortable with, for example, Marjorie Taylor Greene posting, suggesting that this was an inside job by the Capitol Police? She removed the tweet, of course, but does that make you uncomfortable?
TURNER: You'll have to talk to Marjorie Taylor Greene about that. But what I will say is that I think it's important that the Speaker has taken this step because now people can see the truth.
WELKER: Congressman Turner, thank you so much.
TURNER: Thank you for having me.
WELKER: Really appreciate it. Great to have you here in person.
