NPR investigation shows how the government tried to erase information about January 6

By Tom Dreisbach,

Published January 4, 2026 at 5:56 AM MST

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. An NPR investigation details how the Trump administration is trying to erase government information on the attack.

Corrected: January 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM MST

This story provides an incorrect web address for NPR’s visual archive of Jan. 6, 2021. The correct address is npr.org/j6archive.

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NPR investigation shows how the government tried to erase information about January 6

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