The DOJ under Trump just erased a Justice Department study showing that most domestic terrorists are right-wing.

In September 2025, the Justice Department removed a National Institute of Justice study from its website. Multiple reports identified the study as concluding that white supremacist and far-right violence had surpassed other categories of terrorism and domestic violent extremism in the United States. The timing was reported as shortly after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and amid President Donald Trump’s public emphasis on left-wing political violence.theguardian.comtheguardian.comUS justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far...usatoday.comusatoday.comStudy showing 'far-right extremists' have committed more violence removed from...+3 more

The claim’s central description of the study is broadly supported, but its wording overstates what happened. The available reports establish that the document or its listing disappeared from a DOJ website. They also report that an archived version or archived listing remained available, which indicates that the study was removed from public DOJ webpages rather than necessarily erased from existence.404media.co404media.coDOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wingsnopes.comsnopes.comDOJ removed study from website showing most domestic terrorism is right-wing+1 more

There is also a scope issue. The reports generally describe the study as measuring attacks, deaths, or violence associated with far-right extremists, and as finding that such violence outpaced other types. That is not identical to proving that most individual domestic terrorists, in every definition or period, were right-wing. The narrower finding about the relative level of far-right violence is well supported, while the broader wording about “most domestic terrorists” is a simplification.theguardian.comtheguardian.comUS justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far...usatoday.comusatoday.comStudy showing 'far-right extremists' have committed more violence removed from...+2 more

Thus, the claim accurately captures the reported removal and the study’s general finding, but “erased” implies destruction and “most domestic terrorists” broadens the study’s reported conclusion. The evidence supports a mostly true rating rather than a literal claim that the research was eliminated.404media.co404media.coDOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wingsnopes.comsnopes.comDOJ removed study from website showing most domestic terrorism is right-wing+1 more