2 federal prosecutors placed on leave after describing January 6 attack as ‘a mob of rioters’ in court document

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Two federal prosecutors in Washington, DC, were placed on leave after describing the January 6, 2021 attack at the US Capitol as stemming from a “mob of rioters” in a sentencing memo Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The two prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and