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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.

toggle caption Department of Justice Attorneys for a group of news organizations, including NPR, 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. Simon said as part of his plea that he pushed against police officers with a metal bike rack, stormed the U.S. Capitol and recorded himself saying "this is what a revolution looks like," and, "we gotta show these f****** we ain't f****** around. The development raised alarms among former prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases, who told NPR they fear the Trump administration will purge records of that day's violence as part of an attempt to whitewash history.

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