The Lawfare Archive Project
In May 2026, the Justice Department began systematically removing material from its web sites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. This archive reconstructs the vast bulk of those thousands of deleted records.
This project is a work in progress, and mistakes and omissions are both possible. Please bring any such matters to our attention at press@lawfaremedia.org.
The deletions fall into six buckets. Click any bucket to browse its records.
Individual defendant press releases from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia — charges, pleas, sentencings, trial verdicts. The single largest body of public information about Jan. 6 prosecutions. Soft-deleted (200 + empty body) by DOJ in May 2026.
Marquee Jan. 6 announcements and Attorney General statements from the DOJ Office of Public Affairs. Mix of 404 hard-deletes and soft-deletes in May 2026.
The central browsable case database hosted by USAO-DC. Hard-deleted (HTTP 403) in May 2026 — including the index that allowed the public to navigate by state, charge, and defendant.
Individual suspect pages, photo identifications, and 'Wanted' posters from fbi.gov/wanted/capitol-violence. Deleted at scale in May 2026.
Press statements from the FBI's Washington Field Office, including verdict statements and remarks by the Assistant Director in Charge. Captured preemptively while still live in May 2026.
FBI Director statements on the Capitol attack. Captured preemptively.
A few representative documents — major announcements, the Capitol Breach Cases hub, and individual prosecutions.
A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment yesterday, which was unsealed today, charging 11 defendants with seditious conspiracy and other charges for crimes related to the breach of the U.S.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s statement on the investigation into the January 6th Attack on the Capitol:
Six additional members and affiliates of the Oath Keepers were found guilty in the District of Columbia today for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a
A Louisiana man, who was charged with his father for their conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded guilty today to a felony charge. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint