Bondi Suspends Prosecutors Who Called Jan. 6 a 'Mob Riot’

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s department suspended two federal prosecutors after they described the January 6 attack as a mob-fueled “riot” and referenced Donald Trump as part of their case.

Assistant U.S. attorneys Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White were told they were being suspended soon after filing a sentencing recommendation against Taylor Taranto, a Washington state man who was accused of participating in the 2021 attempt to keep Trump in power.

Taranto is now facing sentencing for unrelated weapons charges.

But in setting out the “factual background” to their case, prosecutors referred to January 6 as a day when “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol while a joint session of Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.”