Judge Orders Halt to Erasure of January 6th Footage
A federal judge has ordered a halt to the Trump administration’s removal of Jan. 6-related videos and court records from government websites, following a lawsuit by a coalition of news organizations. The coalition alleges the administration purged these records from the USA File Exchange (USAfx) database, citing the disappearance of video exhibits from at least one case as evidence. Judge Boasberg mandated that the administration identify all removed materials and provide justifications by February 26th. The news organizations argue that these records are subject to public access rights under the First Amendment and that their removal hinders public understanding of the events of January 6th.
John Q. Hosedrinker