Plus, a warning for DOJ
Late last week, news broke that DOJ removed press releases detailing the charges against hundreds of Jan. 6 insurrectionists from its website. Permanently erasing these records would violate the Federal Records Act (FRA), so we sent a letter to DOJ reminding them of their obligation under the law.
Since the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, we have launched public records investigations and filed multiple suits to uncover how the Trump administration and others responded to — and, in some cases, enabled — efforts to overturn the 2020 election. That work has helped preserve a public record of the attack and the coordinated attempts to subvert the election, even as political efforts to whitewash or rewrite those events have intensified.
As accountability for the attack has been distorted and undermined, maintaining a clear record of events – and transparency into how senior officials are handling the aftermath – has become even more urgent.
