DOJ Removes Far-Right Violence Report After Charlie Kirk Assassination

DOJ Report on Extremist Violence

• 🎯 A US Department of Justice study, published in January 2024, concluded that far-right extremists had committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists since 1990.
• 📊 The report detailed 227 far-right events resulting in over 520 lives lost, compared to 42 far-left attacks claiming 78 lives in the same period.

Removal of the DOJ Study

• 🔍 The study, titled "NIJJ Research: What National Institute of Justice Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism," was scrubbed from the DOJ website between September 12th and 13th, 2024.
• 📌 This removal occurred just days after the assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10th.
• ⚠️ A notice initially stated the page was under review in accordance with recent executive orders, but it has since been replaced with a "page not found" message.
• 💾 The full report is currently only accessible via the internet archive, the Wayback Machine.

Contrasting Political Statements

• 🗣️ The findings of the scrubbed report directly contradict recent statements from the Trump administration.
• 📢 Donald Trump and his officials have repeatedly blamed "the radical left" for violence, including the killing of Charlie Kirk.
• 🎤 Trump stated, "The problem is on the left. It's not on the right... The problem we have is on the left."
• ⚖️ Vice President JD Vance also spoke out against an alleged left-wing extremist movement, linking it to Kirk's killing, though no evidence has been presented linking the suspected shooter to such groups.

Unanswered Questions

• ❓ The Department of Justice has not responded to media inquiries regarding the reason for the removal of the study from its website.
• 📰 The discrepancy between the DOJ's deleted report and the White House's public statements on extremism remains a key point of discussion.