politics
DOJ defends deleting releases tied to Jan. 6 attack from website: ‘We are proud’
Key takeaways
- The move comes more than a year after President Trump pardoned nearly all Jan. 6 defendants upon his return to the Oval Office.
- Nothing quiet about it, the Justice Department replied on social platform X, confirming the deletion.
- We are proud to reverse the DOJ s weaponization under the Biden administration.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
The move comes more than a year after President Trump pardoned nearly all Jan. 6 defendants upon his return to the Oval Office.
A Washington Post journalist on Friday noticed the DOJ quietly removed the releases from its government website, including one about a Texas man who was sentenced to prison for assaulting law enforcement officers at the Capitol with bear spray.
Nothing quiet about it, the Justice Department replied on social platform X, confirming the deletion.
Article preview — originally published by The Hill. Full story at the source.
Read full story on The Hill →
More top stories
Also covered by
Aggregated and edited by the Scoop newsroom. We surface news from The Hill alongside other reporting so you can compare coverage in one place.
Editorial policy · Corrections · About Scoop