Fears of a targeted purge intensify as Jan. 6 footage mysteriously disappears from public access

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Fears of a targeted purge intensify as Jan. 6 footage mysteriously disappears from public access

If the Donald Trump administration’s latest antics were a movie, it’d be called The Great Revisionist History Heist. Nothing screams “patriotism” like pretending Jan. 6, 2021, was just a spirited field trip gone slightly awry. And now, with evidence mysteriously vanishing from government databases, it appears the strategy is simple: if you can’t win the argument, just erase the evidence. It’s almost poetic, really —like George Orwell’s 1984 brou…

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Lawyers representing several news organizations said in a legal filing Tuesday that video evidence used during the sentencing of a rioter involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has disappeared from a...

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Yambo's DOJ Accused Of Deleting Jan.6 Online Evidence

Federal courts and judges have repeatedly ordered that any evidence or exhibits tied to Jan. 6 cases be placed in an online portal.

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Trump DOJ Accused of Deleting Evidence In Jan. 6 Court Cases

Videos are mysteriously missing from an online portal that is legally required to house evidence related to Jan. 6 cases, according to a new lawsuit.

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Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says

A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

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Jan. 6 Video Evidence 'Disappeared,' Media Orgs Say In Legal Filing

Attorneys for a group of news organizations said in a legal filing on Tuesday that evidence used at the sentencing of a rioter charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol had "disappeared" from an online government platform. The missing evidence consists of nine video exhibits from the Justice Department's case against Glen Simon, who pleaded guilty to a charge of "Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds,…