The Department of Justice has been actively removing news releases from its official website that detail criminal cases related to the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Per ABC News, the decision is being framed by the department as a necessary step to strip away “partisan propaganda.” It’s a startling example of how the Trump administration is reframing its own history, triggering intense reactions from those who see it as historical revisionism.
The reaction on X has been particularly sharp. Melanie D’Arrigo highlighted the pattern, suggesting that if you stop measuring or reporting on certain events, you effectively erase them from the public consciousness. She used a few telling examples, “If we erase January 6th, it didn’t happen. If we don’t release certain inflation data, there’s no inflation If we stop Covid testing, we’ll have fewer cases.”
