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A study on far-right extremist violence in the United States has been quietly removed from the Justice Department’s website, AFP confirmed Tuesday. The research, conducted by the National Institute of Justice, indicated that far-right groups are predominantly responsible for fatal attacks within the country. The findings revealed that, since 1990, far-right extremists have committed significantly more ideologically motivated homicides than those linked to far-left or radical extremist groups.
This conclusion contrasts sharply with remarks from senior Trump administration officials about the threat posed by left-wing extremism, especially in the wake of last week’s assassination of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The DOJ did not respond to inquiries about why the paper, titled “What NIJ research tells us about domestic terrorism,” was removed shortly after the deadly shooting in Utah on September 10.
Archived versions of the Office of Justice Programmes website, captured by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, show that the article was accessible on September 11 but was no longer available by the next afternoon, as reported by independent outlet 404 Media. An author cited in the study declined to comment on its removal when reached by AFP.
Other research on the threat of far-right extremism remains publicly available on the department’s website. On Monday, the White House announced plans to target an alleged left-wing “domestic terror movement,” sparking concerns that such efforts could be used to suppress political dissent. While federal law enforcement actively investigates domestic terrorism, the U.S. does not maintain a list of designated “domestic terrorist organizations.”
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