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

South China Morning Post · · 335 words · By Associated Press
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Trump’s Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about January 6 defendants”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the DOJ acknowledged removing news releases related to January 6 defendants from its website.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In February 2025, seven U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors resigned in response to orders from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to dismiss federal criminal corruption charges against New Y…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_U.S._Department_of_Justic…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ju…
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“Among the releases removed from the site were those concerning seditious conspiracy cases against members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers”
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Web search results confirm the purge of news releases documenting criminal charges, and Wikipedia confirms the involvement of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in the January 6 events and subsequent legal cases.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup, two months after his defeat in the 2020 pres…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 20, 2025, during the first day of his second term, United States president Donald Trump granted blanket clemency to all people, nearly 1,600, convicted of or awaiting trial or sentencing fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_January_6_United_Sta…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Proud Boys is an American far-right, neo-fascist militant organization that promotes and engages in political violence. The group's leaders have been convicted of violently opposing the federal go…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys
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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”.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the DOJ acknowledged the removals and characterized the information as 'partisan propaganda'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol was a select committee of the U.S. House of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6th_Committee
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago ... ... information about the prosecutions “partisan propaganda.” Trump's Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants.
https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/posts/the-department-of-jus…
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web search NEUTRAL — 23 hours ago ... 6 Capitol riot prosecutions from its website, calling the information “partisan propaganda." May be an image of text that says 'FOX LOCAL mRInG ...
https://www.facebook.com/fox5dc/posts/the-justice-department…
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“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”
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Wikipedia and multiple authoritative sources (Britannica, NYT) confirm that Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to halt the certification of the 2020 election.
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web search NEUTRAL — The heavily armed, Trump-incited mob attack of Jan. 6, 2021, was an attack not just on the U.S. Capitol building, but also on democracy and the rule of law.
https://americanoversight.org/investigation/the-january-6-at…
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 days ago ... The January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was carried out in 2021 by a mob of supporters of President Donald J. Trump.
https://www.britannica.com/event/January-6-U-S-Capitol-attac…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 5, 2025 ... Vice President Mike Pence made Joe Biden's victory official early Thursday despite mayhem at the Capitol that delayed proceedings.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/electoral-vote
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“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”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that on January 20, 2025, President Trump granted blanket clemency to nearly 1,600 people convicted of or awaiting trial for January 6 offenses. This is further corroborated by web search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump has pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan.
https://www.aol.com/trump-issues-sweeping-pardon-supporters-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Supporters of Donald Trump scale the west wall of the US Capitol as they try to storm the building on 6 January 2021.The department on Friday moved to dismiss the cases against the group members. Expl…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/23/trump-justic…
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web search NEUTRAL — After taking office, President Trump pardoned, commuted, or vowed to drop charges against all Capitol riot defendants.Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the …
https://news.meaww.com/trump-doj-scrubs-jan-6-prosecution-re…
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“On Monday, the Justice Department announced the creation of a US$1.776 billion fund meant to compensate Trump allies who feel they were unjustly investigated and prosecuted.”
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Two independent news organizations (NBC Washington and The Guardian) report the creation of a $1.776 billion fund to compensate Trump allies.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — On Monday, the Justice Department announced the creation of a $1.776 billion fund meant to compensate Trump allies who feel they were unjustly investigated and prosecuted
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/tr…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — the justice department announced the creation of a $1.776bn fund meant to compensate Trump allies who feel they were unjustly investigated and prosecuted
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/23/trump-justic…
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“Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has not ruled out that rioters convicted of violence will be eligible for payouts”
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Multiple web search results report that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche did not rule out payouts for violent rioters during congressional hearings.
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... Capitol Riot Todd Blanche doesn't rule out violent Jan. 6 rioters getting payments from $`1.8B fund During a Congressional hearing on Tuesday, ...
https://www.facebook.com/kcrgtv9/posts/acting-attorney-gener…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... ... funds to those convicted of violence. “What ... 6. The mere possibility that violent rioters at the Capitol could be considered for payouts ...
https://apnews.com/article/todd-blanche-justice-department-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... 6 rioters; they're also concerned about a check going to one individual rioter. May. 20, 2026, 9:02 AM ...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/possible-sl…
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“a journalist on Friday observed on the social media platform X that the Justice Department was “quietly” removing news releases on its website that were related to the January 6 attack, including about a Texas man who pleaded guilty to assault and also faced separate state charges of soliciting a minor”
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Web search results confirm reports of a journalist observing the removals on X, specifically mentioning a Texas man who pleaded guilty to assault and faced charges for soliciting a minor.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago ... ... press releases from its website related to charges on individuals tied to the Jan ... DOJ defends deleting releases tied to Jan. 6 attack from ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5892788-justice-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 13 hours ago ... ... charged more than 725 people with crimes in connection with the events of Jan. 6, including 225 with assault or resisting arrest and some ...
https://www.facebook.com/FOX10Phoenix/posts/the-justice-depa…
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web search NEUTRAL — 19 hours ago ... ... news releases about Jan. 6 defendants. The Department of Justice is ... 6 attack, including about a Texas man who pleaded guilty to assault ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/23/justice-d…
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“the department responded through its “rapid response” account that there was “nothing ‘quiet’ about it”.”
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Multiple sources (The Independent and other web results) quote the DOJ's 'Rapid Response' account stating there was 'nothing quiet about it'.
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web search NEUTRAL — “Nothing ‘quiet’ about it,” the DOJ Rapid Response X account said in a post replying to allegations that the Justice Department had deleted press releases related to Jan. 6. “We are proud to reverse t…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-…
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web search NEUTRAL — “Nothing ‘quiet’ about it,” the official DOJ Rapid Response account responded to Kornfield’s post.The DOJ confirmed Friday that it removed news releases from its website documenting cases against peop…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic…
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web search NEUTRAL — ...“quietly” removing news releases on its website that were related to the January 6 attack, including about a Texas man who pleaded guilty to assault and also faced separate state charges of solicit…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/23/trump-justic…
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