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"...The moves come following months of turmoil in the Washington, D.C., U.S. attorney's office where multiple career prosecutors faced removals or demotions related to their involvement in prosecuting the more than 1,500 [Jan. 6] defendants."

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DOJ places on leave 2 prosecutors who said 'mob' of 'rioters' carried out Jan. 6 attack
Two federal prosecutors have been told they will be put on leave after filing a brief that described the Jan. 6, 2021, attackers a "mob of rioters," sources say.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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"In their sentencing memorandum, Valdivia and White used only two sentences to detail Taranto's involvement in the Jan. 6 attack."
Screenshot of an ABC News article: The two prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, were locked out of their government devices and informed Wednesday morning they will be placed on leave, just hours after they filed a sentencing memorandum in the case of Taylor Taranto, the sources said. Taranto was pardoned by President Donald Trump over his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol but faced a separate conviction for firearms and threat charges related to a June 2023 arrest near the home of former President Barack Obama where he was found in possession of two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, as well as a machete. A day before Taranto's arrest, he claimed he would use a car bomb to drive into the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In their sentencing memorandum, Valdivia and White used only two sentences to detail Taranto's involvement in the Jan. 6 attack.
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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We just published a story about her retirement last month and her Aug. message to students, when she said she was unable to celebrate her birthday with them due to a "bad summer cold and other health issues"

Sending condolences to everyone who loved her.

www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/stor...
Beloved March Madness icon Sister Jean retires at 106
Sister Jean, the beloved March Madness icon and campus minister at Loyola University Chicago, is retiring at 106.
www.goodmorningamerica.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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At this point I think I need to just watch it, the lore has been absorbed already
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM