An old Xwitter account is kept to prevent others from taking it and to observe bots and harassment activity on the platform. The account is also used to track attempts to reduce public visibility of the January 6 insurrection and its violence. Institutional actions include a rapid presidential pardon of rioters shortly after a second inauguration. Additional measures include the Vandals Relief Act. The Department of Justice has also removed press materials from its website that documented criminal charges, guilty pleas, convictions, and sentencing connected to the Capitol storming. DOJ responses claim the removals are not “quiet” and frame them as reversing prior “weaponization” and removing partisan propaganda.
"I have kept my old Xwitter account for a couple of reasons: 1) I don't want anyone else to grab it, and 2) to keep an eye on the various bots and critters that populate that particular landfill, and to heckle various elected officials who choose to launch their bullshit from that platform."
"There have been loud, institutional efforts in this regard as well. It began with the president instantly pardoning all the rioters only days after his being inaugurated for a second time. Lately, we've had the establishment of the Vandals Relief Act, and, over the weekend, the revelation that the Department of Justice has been quietly purging its files of all press material relating to the crimes of that dark afternoon."
"The deletions include press releases documenting criminal charges, guilty pleas, convictions, and sentencing tied to the Jan. 6 attack, which saw supporters of President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in an effort to block the certification of his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election."
"“We are proud to reverse the DOJ's weaponization under the Biden administration,” the department wrote. “We will do everything in our power to make whole those who were persecuted for political purposes. This includes stripping DOJ's website of partisan propaganda.”"
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