Donald Trump Will Be Held to Account by Those Who Believe That "History Matters" Regardless of the Scrubbing The Mass-deletion of Information

[Dante]

Regardless of the scrubbing, and the mass-deletion of Information by his DOJ, Donald J. Trump along with those accused, indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced because of their participation in what is called "January 6", (yes, only individuals with a criminal record, or those facing conviction, can receive pardons and commutations), will be held to account by those who believe that "History Matters". Of this we can all be sure.

Dante wonders if Trump's legacy will eventually give rise to a whole new sub-genre in American History in American academic institutions: "The MAGA History of January 6th!" Some would call that sub-genre "Denier History." But entities outside of the official government voices have been archiving things.

Please, allow us to begin:

"The Trump administration has mass-deleted information regarding prosecutions related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including cases involving defendants who assaulted police officers. This move marks the latest attempt by Trump to alter the narrative surrounding the violent riot. Last week, Justice Department news releases that detailed guilty pleas, jury verdicts and prison sentences disappeared from government websites. An NPR review found that the deletions included information about some of the most serious assaults on law enforcement that happened that day." - link... ... ...

In the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, American political leaders almost universally condemned the riot as an act of domestic terrorism that threatened democracy. Now, President Trump calls Jan. 6 a “day of love” and the rioters “great patriots.” And since he issued mass pardons to the rioters, his administration has been trying to rewrite history.


NPR has tracked every Jan. 6 prosecution in a public database, and, drawing on thousands of hours of footage and years of reporting, created a front-line account of the riot. The evidence vividly shows the planning for “revolution” and the brutality of violence on a day that continues to shape American politics.

Explore the database and coverage, or scroll to read the full narrative.

and NPR is not alone, as we have esteemed Historians who have spoken of this going as far back as Trump's first campaign for the office of the presidency.

"I taught myself how to do research, how to dig out the pieces... I discovered in the process that, contrary to the notion that the past is a dead thing, that in fact wherever you scratch the surface, you find life. And it was the life, the people and what happened to them, that was the pull for me." - David McCullough

A registered independent, McCullough typically avoided publicly commenting on contemporary political issues. When asked to do so, he would repeatedly say, "My specialty is dead politicians." During the 2016 U.S. presidential election season, he broke with his custom to criticize Donald Trump, whom he called "a monstrous clown with a monstrous ego."[52][4]

Authoritative and measured, Mr. McCullough typically strikes a tone of determined neutrality. In public appearances, he said, he deliberately avoids commentary on contemporary politics.

“Very often, during question-and-answer sessions, people ask me some question about the president or other would-be candidates,” he said in an interview this week. “I’ve always said, ‘My specialty is dead politicians.’ In that way, I could sidestep the question without getting myself involved.
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The historian David McCullough and the filmmaker Ken Burns have rounded up a group of distinguished American historians to speak about the candidacy of Donald J. Trump.

“But this time around, I don’t feel that way any more.”

Now Mr. McCullough and Ken Burns, the filmmaker and author, have assembled a group of distinguished American historians to speak about the candidacy of Donald J. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, in videos being posted to a Facebook page, Historians on Donald Trump.

It is a diverse, honored group — including, among others, Robert A. Caro, Ron Chernow, David Levering Lewis, William E. Leuchtenburg, Vicki Lynn Ruiz — that speaks with alarm about Mr. Trump’s candidacy and his place in the march of American history.

Mr. McCullough, raised in a Republican home and now aligned with no party, said the prospect of a Trump presidency so distressed him that he felt he could not remain publicly detached. “When you think of how far we have come, and at what cost, and with what faith, to just turn it all over to this monstrous clown with a monstrous ego, with no experience, never served his country in any way — it’s just crazy,” he said. “We can’t stand by and let it happen. The Republican Party shouldn’t stand by and let it happen.”

“I should say, I’m a registered independent,” he added. “I’m strongly in favor of a number of Republicans both past and in our own time. It’s not as though I’m doing this from lifelong ideology against Republicans. By no means.”

Scholars Steeped in Dead Politicians Take On a Live One: Donald Trump (Published 2016)

Experts assembled by the author David McCullough and the filmmaker Ken Burns are speaking with alarm on Facebook about the presidential candidate’s place in American history.

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Scholars Steeped in Dead Politicians Take On a Live One: Donald Trump

Experts assembled by the author David McCullough and the filmmaker Ken Burns are speaking with alarm on Facebook about the presidential candidate’s place in American history.

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More NPR reporting on Jan. 6

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Historian David McCullough's Comments on Donald Trump Prior to the 2016 Presidential Election
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The Capitol Charges
NPR has tracked every federal criminal case stemming from the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Although nearly all 1,575 defendants have been pardoned and their cases dismissed, this database preserves information on all of them. The database also provides publicly accessible — and searchable — information, including, in hundreds of cases, video evidence from exhibits filed by the Department of Justice in federal court.

 

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Historians on a Donald Trump Presidency

Recorded in 2016 for the “Historians on Donald Trump” Facebook page. These famous and renowned historians, including Tom Chernow and David McCullough, were warning the public of a Trump presidency.

 

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Just so.

 

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Historians on a Donald Trump Presidency

Recorded in 2016 for the “Historians on Donald Trump” Facebook page. These famous and renowned historians, including Tom Chernow and David McCullough, were warning the public of a Trump presidency.

Now post Historians on a Hillary Clinton Presidency