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What Happened Today – May 23, 2026

May 25, 2026May 24, 2026 by George Bounacos

Jacob Chansley, the QAnon Shaman, in horned headdress raises fist at the Senate dais during the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack

Jacob Chansley, the QAnon Shaman, stood at the Senate dais on January 6, 2021; DOJ used this image to prosecute him before deleting that record from its website this week. (Department of Justice court filing)

The Justice Department spent Memorial Day weekend deleting the record of who attacked the Capitol. Press releases announcing the charges against Jan. 6 rioters disappeared from DOJ’s website. After a Washington Post reporter noticed, DOJ replied on X: “Nothing quiet about it. We are proud,” calling the deleted record “partisan propaganda.” Police officers, led by … Read more