By Andrew Goudsward

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A judge on Thursday lauded two federal prosecutors who were suspended after referring to supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, as “a mob of rioters” in a court filing.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington, D.C., said assistant U.S. attorneys Samuel White and Carlos Valdivia did a “commendable and excellent job” and held to the “highest standards of professionalism” prosecuting the case against Taylor Taranto. Taranto was convicted on gun and hoax charges after he was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington home in 2023.

Nichols on Thursday sentenced Taranto to 21 months in prison, but he will not serve any additional prison time given that he was held in custody for about

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