US EditionDOJ removes study showing right wing attacks 'outpace' those by left
- The U.S. Department of Justice removed a National Institute of Justice study on September 12, 2025, from its website after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
- The study showed far-right extremists committed 227 violent events causing over 520 deaths since 1990, outpacing far-left and radical Islamist extremist violence.
- The removal followed heightened political tensions, with President Trump and allies blaming left-wing groups for violence and promising intensified federal crackdowns on the 'radical left.'
- The DOJ stated it is reviewing its websites per recent Executive Orders, temporarily making some materials unavailable while declining to comment on the specific study's removal.
- The deletion raises concerns about transparency in federal reporting on domestic terrorism and contrasts with data showing right-wing violence historically exceeds left-wing threats.
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Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows
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DOJ removes study showing right wing attacks 'outpace' those by left
Related Video: Attorney General Pam Bondi on First Amendment, hate speech (The Hill) — The Justice Department quietly removed from its website a study showing far-right extremists were responsible for the bulk of ideologically motivated deaths — a move that comes as the GOP seeks to back claims from President Trump that the “radical left” poses a greater danger than the right wing. The 2024 study, in which several criminal justice researchers re…
DOJ quietly removes study showing right wing attacks ‘outpace’ those by left
The Justice Department removed a study showing far-right extremists caused most ideologically motivated deaths, as the GOP seeks to back President Donald Trump's claims about the “radical left."
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