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Judges in Jan. 6 cases and watchdog groups recoil at Justice Department's deletion of records

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The Justice Department deleted its public webpages and case summaries of the Jan. 6 siege at the Capitol prosecution.

A watchdog group is seeking an investigation to determine if the deletion of the public data was a violation of law.

A federal judge has also blistered the President's call for the prosecutions of rioters to be halted.

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