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DOJ fires prosecutors for describing Jan 6 accurately

Ellsworth Toohey
Oct 29, 2025
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January 6 rioters (lev radin / shutterstock.com)

Accuracy is a fireable offense in Trump’s Department of Justice. As reported by Democracy Docket, federal prosecutors Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White were placed on leave within hours of submitting a sentencing memo that described Jan. 6, 2021, using the word “rioters.” The White House initiated the remov…

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