The White House's attempt to mock the memory of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol in support of President Donald Trump could land the administration in legal jeopardy, according to one lawyer.
On Tuesday, the fifth anniversary of the riot, the White House published a website that accused Democrats of trying to incite the riot and tried to make "political examples" out of the more than 1,500 people who were arrested that day. It also includes a timeline of the day, which some analysts have noted contained several inaccuracies.
"Today, of all days, the Trump administration launched a new January 6 website. Not to inform. Not to clarify. To rewrite history," lawyer Mitch Jackson wrote in a new Substack essay.
"It pushes false facts, partisan propaganda, and shifts blame to the Democrats and Capitol Police for what happened on January 6," he continued. "This is being presented as official government information, and that should stop you in your tracks."
"If this site was paid for with taxpayer dollars, that matters. A lot," he added. "Because there are rules about how public money can be used, and propaganda is not one of them."
Jackson also shared a hypothetical lawsuit that he would consider filing to have the website taken down, which accuses the administration of misusing taxpayer funds.