Trump’s Justice Department Purges Information About Convicted Jan. 6 Rioters
NPR said the deleted records covered nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 cases, including guilty pleas, convictions and prison terms for assaults on police.
- The Trump administration mass-deleted information about prosecutions tied to the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack from Justice Department websites last week, with news releases detailing guilty pleas, jury verdicts, and prison sentences abruptly disappearing ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
- Following his January 2025 return to office, Trump pardoned nearly every Jan. 6 defendant and subsequently unveiled a White House webpage blaming Democrats for certifying a fraud-ridden election, marking the latest phase of his effort to rewrite the riot's history.
- Deleted releases covered cases including Daniel Rodriguez, sentenced to more than 12 years for attacking Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanone with an electroshock device, and Proud Boys leader Zach Rehl, sentenced to 15 years before Trump commuted his sentence.
- After a journalist noted the deletions on X last week, the Justice Department publicly confirmed the removals, defending them as reversing Biden-era weaponization, while NPR's database and visual archive of nearly 1,600 prosecution cases remains accessible.
- The $1.7 billion anti-weaponization fund faces at least two lawsuits from Capitol police officers and fired federal prosecutors, with former prosecutor Brendan Ballou warning the administration's rewriting effort reflects a broader attack on democratic institutions.
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Trump DOJ mass-deletes info on Jan. 6 riot cases, including violent assaults on cops
The Trump Department of Justice purged government news releases with information about prosecutions of rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol and assaulted law enforcement on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump’s Justice Department purges information about convicted Jan. 6 rioters
The Justice Department removed hundreds of pages from its website detailing prosecutions and convictions of people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol. Read more...
Justice Department Removes News Releases on Jan. 6 Prosecutions From Website
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021. —Brent Stirton—Getty ImagesThe Justice Department has removed hundreds of news releases related to criminal prosecutions connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from its website, it confirmed, characterizing the records as “partisan propaganda.”The deletions include press releases documenting c…
Trump's Justice Department purges information about convicted Jan. 6 rioters
The Justice Department removed hundreds of pages from its website detailing prosecutions and convictions of people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol. It’s the latest move by President Donald Trump’s administration to ...
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