“All right, guys, getting my loadout bag. I got the carbon fiber knuckles, matching hatchets.”

The Justice Department deleted case records and removed references to January 6 as a “riot.” Prosecutors who worked on cases were fired. A former January 6 defendant was hired at the Justice Department. NPR created a public archive at npr.org/j6archive—now the most comprehensive resource on the 1,500+ cases after the government’s database was deleted. Court records show rioters planned violence in advance, brought loaded firearms, and injured 140 police officers. Trump pardoned over 1,500 defendants, including Proud Boys and Oath Keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy.