House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) defended his decision to release tapes of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, making the case during a closed-door conference meeting on Tuesday that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) daughter had access to the footage and the Jan. 6 committee provided clips to networks.

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