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Prosecutors Suspended After January 6 'Riot' Remarks

10/29/2025

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Two federal prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, were placed on leave after calling January 6 a 'mob of rioters' in Taylor Taranto's memorandum.
Taranto was pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump and faces separate firearms and threats charges.
The suspensions follow turmoil in the D.C. U.S. attorney's office, and multiple prosecutors have been removed.
The Justice Department criticized the references to conspiracy theories about January 6.

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Two federal prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, were placed on leave after calling January 6 a 'mob of rioters' in Taylor Taranto's memorandum.
Taranto was pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump and faces separate firearms and threats charges.
The suspensions follow turmoil in the D.C. U.S. attorney's office, and multiple prosecutors have been removed.
The Justice Department criticized the references to conspiracy theories about January 6.