The Justice Department was caught deleting a study conducted by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and hosted on a DOJ website proving that right-wing violence poses a “far” greater threat than left-wing extremism. The report was available there at least until September 12, 2025, according to an archive of the page saved in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing. Emanuel Maiberg, 404 Media. SEPT 16, 2025.
The citation for the paper in question is:
“What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism.” Steven Chermak, Matthew Demichele, Jeff Gruenewald, Michael Jensen, Raven Lewis, and Basia E. Lopez. NIJ Journal, p1-13, Issue No. 285, June 2024.
The study is from 2024 and was conducted by the National Institute of Justice, a research wing of the DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs. It found that “militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States.”
“In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism…” “…Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists…” “…no single profile accurately captures the characteristics of the individuals who commit extremist and hate crimes.”
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