Trump’s Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about January 6 defendants

AP Associated PressSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-05-24 · 20:09 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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The Department of Justice has removed news releases concerning criminal cases related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot from its website. The department described the information about these prosecutions as "partisan propaganda." This action is characterized as a move by the Trump administration to alter the historical record of the assault on the Capitol. The article also states that President Trump, upon returning to office in January 2025, pardoned, commuted sentences, or vowed to dismiss cases for over 1,500 individuals charged in connection with the Capitol attack.

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The Department of Justice removed news releases about January 6 criminal cases, calling them 'partisan propaganda'.

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Some defendants were convicted of attacking officers with makeshift weapons.

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President Trump pardoned, commuted sentences, or vowed to dismiss cases for over 1,500 people charged in the Capitol assault.

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The removal is described as an effort by the Trump administration to rewrite the history of the January 6 assault.

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The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the January 6, 2021, riot, calling the information about the prosecutions “partisan propaganda”.The purge of news releases documenting criminal charges, convictions and sentencings is the latest step by the Trump administration to dramatically rewrite the history of the assault on the Capitol, when hundreds of supporters of Republican Donald Trump stormed the building in an effort to halt the congressional certification of his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.President Trump, on his first day back in office in January 2025, pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes during the Capitol assault, including those convicted of attacking officers with makeshift weapons such as flagpoles, a hockey stick and crutch.

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