Lawmaker Calls on Capitol Police to Release Tapes After ‘False’ Allegation by Jan. 6 Panel

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 13, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), ranking Republican member of the House Administration Committee, is calling on the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) to release security footage tapes from Jan. 5, 2021, after the chamber’s Jan. 6 panel made “demonstrably false” allegations against another House Republican.

Davis cited “recent press reports, [that] the partisan January 6th Select Committee has falsely accused Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) ... of leading so-called reconnaissance tours of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 5, 2021,” in a letter to the USCP.