DOJ Quietly Deletes Study After Charlie Kirk’s Death That Says Right-Wing Extremists Engage in ‘Far More’ Political Violence

The U.S. Department of Justice appears to have quietly removed information online regarding right-wing violence following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

As of Friday, Sept. 12, a 2024 study titled “What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism” no longer appears on the DOJ website under President Donald Trump‘s administration. However, it is still viewable as an archived post on Wayback Machine.

“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,” the first two lines of the study read. 

The study went on to say, “Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists, including 227 events that took more than 520 lives.”

Kirk was shot and killed on Thursday, Sept. 10, during a speaking event at Utah Valley University that was part of the right-wing political commentator’s nationwide American Comeback Tour.

The 31-year-old was struck from 200 yards away while inviting critics to “prove me wrong” on various political subjects.

Utah Valley University student Hunter Kozak was the last person to speak with Kirk, who had been taking questions from the crowd at the time of his death. 

“Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?” Kozak asked Kirk.

“Too many,” Kirk responded.

Kozak told Kirk that only five transgender Americans have been involved in mass shootings over the last decade.

Kozak then asked Kirk if he knew how many mass shooters America had seen in the last 10 years. 

“Counting or not counting gang violence?” Kirk replied. He was then fatally shot. 

Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old charged with killing Kirk, allegedly confessed to his roommate and romantic partner that he carried out the crime because he “had enough of [Kirk’s] hatred.”

Robinson also described his own father as a “pretty diehard maga” member.

During a Sept. 12 appearance on Fox & Friends, Trump, 79, responded to a question about how to “come back together” amid political division following Kirk’s death by saying, “I couldn’t care less.”

“The radicals on the left are the problem,” he added. “They’re vicious, and they’re horrible, and they’re politically savvy.”

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Trump’s comments come after the Democratic leader of the Minnesota House, Melissa Hortman, was killed alongside her husband at their home in June in what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz considered a “politically motivated assassination.”

The couple and their dog were killed at their house on June 14 by a gunman who pretended to be law enforcement, according to authorities. 

Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also shot in their home — allegedly by the same gunman — but recovered from their injuries.

The Minnesota and Utah attacks were the latest high-profile examples of political violence targeting figures on both sides of the aisle.

On Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rioters breached the U.S. Capitol in search of lawmakers; in 2022, the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was attacked with a hammer by a home intruder; on the 2024 campaign trail, Trump survived two apparent assassination attempts; and earlier in 2025, Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home was set ablaze while he and his family were asleep inside.