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The Justice Department placed two D.C.-based federal prosecutors on leave after they filed court papers calling the Jan. 6 Capitol siege a "riot" perpetrated by a "mob," three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News on Wednesday.

The papers were submitted Tuesday in the case of Taylor Taranto, who was pardoned by Trump on Capitol riot charges earlier this year but was later convicted of livestreaming a bomb threat. He was arrested in 2023 while livestreaming himself driving around former President Barack Obama's D.C. neighborhood while armed, according to prosecutors.

The filing — which asked a judge to sentence Taranto to 27 months in prison at a hearing Thursday — mentioned Taranto's Jan. 6 charges and briefly described the events of that day, writing that "thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol."

That unsparing description of the Capitol riot was notable, as Mr. Trump has called Jan. 6 a "day of love" and referred to the rioters as "hostages."

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[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or trump is using the DOJ illegally.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Obviously trump is abusing the DOJ...

But that doesn't mean Biden refused to exert all pressure he legally could have to prevent this...

He couldn't directly fire the Special Counsel he appointed, but he could have told the AG to do it due to the delays. Which would have been valid and legal.

If the AG refused, Biden could have replaced the AG and told the new one the same thing.

Even if Biden kept appointing people who didn't do what he publicly said he wanted, he could keep replacing them

But Occam's Razor says Biden and his admin were aware he could do that. And chose not to

And if that was happening, I doubt what he was telling the AG and Special Counsel in private matched what he told us in public.

Like, this is the smallest molehill imaginable, and everyone wants to pretend it was an unsurmountable obstacle.

Is this new information to you?

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you’re looking for someone to defend Biden, it ain’t me. I’m a pro union civilian and he was very anti union. He was just good at making it look like he was pro…. For that reason, I am not a fan of Biden. Do we really know what the true power of a president has?.. I used to think so, but after trump, I’m not so sure. Unless we are planning on climbing the ladder, this argument seems like a moot point.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

Quote where anyone asked you to defend biden.