Prosecutors placed on leave hours after describing Jan. 6 attack as a 'mob of rioters'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Politico

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on administrative leave just hours after describing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as perpetrated by “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters,” according to two people familiar with the move who were granted anonymity to discuss personnel matters.

The accurate description of the attack came in a sentencing recommendation for Taylor Taranto, who was among those pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the riot. But Taranto had also been charged for unrelated threats and firearms crimes for which he is slated to be sentenced Friday.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White urged U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols to sentence Taranto to more than two years in prison for a hoax threat against the National Institute of Standards and Technology and for driving through former President Barack Obama’s neighborhood with a van full of firearms and ammunition.

In their 14-page memo, the prosecutors briefly note Taranto’s involvement on Jan. 6 and indicate that after the riot “Taranto returned to his home in the State of Washington, where he promoted conspiracy theories about the events of January 6, 2021.”

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/prosecutors-placed-leave-hours-describing-150151232.html

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No longer the party of law and order.

[ificandream]

1. It's unthinkable that Trump actually pardoned those idiots.

There are a lot of comments on Facebook that the Jan. 6 riot should have kept him from being elected again. Pardoning the rioters should further take him out of that equation.

[elleng]

2. Right, as he doesn't/can't think.

[Jerry2144]

9. I've started replacing the word IDIOT with two words

Stable Genius.


Use it often. It then makes the Felon’s statement make sense.

[gfarber]

3. The Memo

Two prosecutors typed with great care,
Describing a riot laid bare.
But their words struck a nerve,
And took quite a swerve—
Now they're sidelined for stating what’s there.

A man named Taranto, once freed,
By a pardon of notable speed,
Drove a van full of arms,
Causing serious alarms—
Now the court must decide how to plead.

Their memo, precise and restrained,
Said “a mob” — quite factually plain.
But truth, it would seem,
Can disturb the regime,
When politics enters the chain.

Judge Nichols must now take a stand,
With the facts and the law close at hand.
Though the storm’s in D.C.,
He’ll weigh what must be—
And sentence as justice demands.

In Washington’s marble halls,
Where justice still answers its calls,
The words that ring true
Can cause quite a view—
And shake both the mighty and small.

[Mountain Mule]

4. The RepubliCon party has not been interested in law and order for a very long time now

The mad king - er President - has been breaking the law one way or another every single day.
God forbid that anyone speak out about anything that the orange idiot does, no matter how egregious.

[ejbr]

5. They are insurrectionists n/t

[ChicagoTeamster]

6. No surprises there, they're getting rid of anyone who doesn't push the big lie and call the rioters patriots

[Americanme]

7. Telling the truth will get you punished,

you are only allowed to state trump's truth, which of course is a lie.

[Seinan Sensei]

8. Seriously, what are J6 rioters supposed to be called?

A “rapid semi-scheduled assembly” ?

[Mountain Mule]

10. Freedom fighters

[cynical_idealist]

14. misguided humans programmed by decades of lies

aka brainwashed

[mountain grammy]

11. The Republican Party is now

The party for murder.

[wolfie001]

12. Racist bully president

Embarrassment worldwide.

[FakeNoose]

13. Quick review here - this sure looks like a "mob of rioters" to me ...

[Efilroft Sul]

15. So much for Truth and Justice being part of the American Way.

[republianmushroom]

16. Nope, disagree, they were a mob of insurrectionist.

Flat traditors, plane and simple.