U.S. Prosecutors Suspended Over Jan. 6 Rioter Description
TL;DR
The Justice Department placed two D.C.-based prosecutors on leave after they filed court documents describing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as a 'mob of rioters,' which included references to a case involving pardoned individual Taylor Taranto. The filings and descriptions led to personnel changes amid ongoing political and legal debates over the riot and related pardons by President Trump.
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- Justice Department puts 2 prosecutors on leave after they signed court docs that described "mob of rioters" on Jan. 6 CBS News
- Prosecutors Who Called Jan. 6 Attackers a ‘Mob of Rioters’ Are Punished The New York Times
- 2 U.S. prosecutors suspended after describing Jan. 6 attack as carried out by a ‘mob’ The Washington Post
- Two U.S. prosecutors put on leave after seeking 27 months in jail for Jan. 6 rioter MSNBC News
- Prosecutors placed on leave hours after describing Jan. 6 attack as a ‘mob of rioters’ Politico
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