Finally, the truth is coming out. The Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department released over 1,000 hours of body-worn camera footage from the January 6, 2021 protests at the US Capitol — a whopping 1,630 videos in all. And it didn’t happen because the government suddenly decided to be transparent. It happened because Judicial Watch dragged them into court and won. According to Judicial Watch, the videos were released because of an April 2026 court ruling in a DC Freedom of Information Act case. Judicial Watch announced the news on X:
