(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 Samuel White, were notified of their suspension hours after they submitted a sentencing request for Taylor Taranto, the person said.

Trump pardoned Taranto for charges related to his participation in January 6, but the Washington man still faces gun charges stemming from his arrest in the summer of 2023, when he was detained nearby President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, home .

When describing Taranto’s history, prosecutors wrote that, “On January 6, 2021, thousands of people comprising a mob of r

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