The Trump DOJ goes "woke" and will target free speech.
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Trump’s DOJ scrubs mention of Jan. 6 and Trump from Taylor Taranto sentencing memo
From the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, he and his administration have prioritized purging the history of Jan. 6, from his blanket pardons of Trump-backed rioters to firing agents and prosecutors who did their jobs in bringing cases against people who broke the law, including those who attacked law enforcement officers that day in 2021.
The latest example comes in the sentencing of Taylor Taranto, scheduled for Thursday. His Jan. 6 charges were dismissed due to the president’s Day 1 command, but he was convicted this year of separate crimes he committed in 2023.
Ahead of his sentencing, two prosecutors on his case filed a memorandum Tuesday that referred to Jan. 6 and Trump — after which they were placed on leave, the Justice Department withdrew their memo, and new prosecutors came in and filed a new one Wednesday without mentioning Jan. 6 or Trump.
The initial 14-page memo, signed by prosecutors Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, recounted that “On January 6, 2021, 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.” It further noted that Taranto “was accused of participating in the riot in Washington, D.C., by entering the U.S. Capitol Building,” and that he later “returned to his home in the State of Washington, where he promoted conspiracy theories about the events of January 6, 2021.”
- So they scrub the prosecutors report that accurately describe Jan 6th as a mob or rioters.
- The report accurately describes the defendant being motivated by Trump and Trump doxing Barrack Obama's address.
- They place on leave the two prosecutors for correctly doing the above.
- Then without going through the court process they have the sentencing memo with those descriptions removed from record.
- Now the Judge has raised the alarm and is requiring them to explain themselves.
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