Overview

• The 2024 NIJ summary, “What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism,” reported 227 far-right events causing more than 520 deaths since 1990, compared with 42 far-left events causing 78 deaths.
• The page was accessible at least through Sept. 12 and was gone by Sept. 13, shifting from a notice about website reviews under recent executive orders to a “page not found” message.
• The removal followed the Sept. 10 shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, as presidential statements characterized the left as primarily responsible for political violence.
• Researcher Daniel Malmer first flagged the deletion, and outlets including 404 Media and The Hill verified the disappearance and pointed to archived copies on the Wayback Machine.
• The Justice Department has not provided a public explanation, and the NIJ findings align with independent analyses from CSIS and the Cato Institute that attribute a larger share of recent U.S. extremist violence to far-right actors.