Two federal prosecutors in Washington were informed Wednesday that they would be placed on leave after requesting a stiff sentence for a man granted clemency after participating in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, who later turned up armed near the house of former President Barack Obama.

It was the latest act of retribution by the Trump administration against prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington who worked on cases related to Jan. 6, a campaign that has also included dismissals and demotions. The moves were earlier reported by ABC News.

The prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, asked a federal judge Tuesday to sentence the man granted clemency, Taylor Taranto, to 27 months in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of showing up near Obama’s house

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