DOJ suspends prosecutors after describing Jan. 6 rioters as a 'mob'
TL;DR
Two federal prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, were placed on leave after filing a brief describing the January 6 Capitol attack as carried out by a mob of rioters, amid ongoing turmoil in the Washington, D.C., U.S. attorney's office related to Capitol attack prosecutions.
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