The Trump administration is cleansing federal websites of data about the Jan. 6 cases.

The Department of Justice took down a database that had provided details on the nearly 1,600 cases brought against defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The FBI pulled down its “Capitol violence” page as well.

A “Capitol Siege” page run by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, which prosecuted the cases, has also been taken down on that office’s website.

Now that address links to a page that says “Page not found.”

The FBI’s Capitol violence page now redirects to an FBI home page.

New administrations often move and archive content from their predecessors, but it usually remains online with a notice that it is archived content and may no longer represent the latest.

When the Trump administration revoked Biden-era restrictions on where immigration arrests can be made, it left the Biden web page intact but added a disclaimer: “This page contains information that is outdated. It is being revised in accordance with new policy guidance as of Jan. 21, 2025.”

The Justice Department database was still active Thursday but was no longer available by Friday evening.

Its disappearance means that private resources, such as the database maintained by NPR, (https://www.npr.org/2021/02/09/965472049/the-capitol-siege-the-arrested-and-their-stories) are now the best compilation.

Press releases detailing individual arrests, convictions and sentencings are still available on the U.S. Attorney’s Office page for Washington.

• Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.