Incitement by the numbers: More than 200 Jan. 6 defendants say they came to Capitol because Trump told them to, report says

Violent rioters supporting President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. A former Republican legislative candidate who traveled to Washington for former President Donald Trump

Violent rioters supporting President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

A federal judge has demanded that the Trump administration stop removing video or court records related to Jan. 6 from government websites after attorneys for a coalition of news organizations noticed that online databases were being scrubbed this week.

The press coalition — which includes ABC News, The Associated Press, CBS News, The New York Times Company and The Washington Post, among several others — filed court documents in the District of Columbia on Tuesday accusing the Trump administration of purging video and records in wake of his executive order pardoning and dismissing charges for all Jan. 6 rioters.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg slammed the brakes on Trump’s alleged video purge, saying government officials must identify any other videos that have been removed and provide reasons as to why they’re being plucked from U.S. databases. Boasberg, a Barack Obama appointee, ordered the government to identify all videos and records removed from USA File Exchange — aka USAfx — and offer up explanations by Feb. 26.

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