DOJ quietly vanishes entire sentencing memo after accurate description of Jan. 6 attacks

In the Prest-O Change-O world of the Department of Justice under the second Trump administration , three really is the magic number.

On Wednesday, DOJ brass quietly placed two prosecutors on administrative leave after they filed a sentencing memorandum that says the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol Complex was carried out by "thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters."

Later that same afternoon, the sentencing memo vanished from the docket, according to the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) website. A new memo – lacking any reference to Jan. 6 – was filed late Wednesday evening.

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