TheOneWithTheHair , 8 months ago

His office later noted that DOJ already has the raw footage.

and later in the article:

Johnson’s spokesman suggested that the speaker was trying to keep the raw footage away from online sleuths who have helped identify hundreds of Capitol rioters and aided in the FBI’s investigation.

nbcnews.com/…/speaker-mike-johnson-says-blurring-…

i.e. Let’s not let the taxpayers aid law enforcement. Let’s make the government spend taxpayer dollars when the public could help out.