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				Trump’s push to rewrite the history of January 6 takes an especially brazen turn
“… To recap: Taranto was among those pardoned by Trump for his actions on January 6. But before that pardon, he committed an unrelated crime. In 2023, he was arrested in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood with numerous firearms and materials to make explosives. He was convicted in May.
… By late Tuesday, a reporter at Politico noted something interesting: Prosecutors in their sentencing memo for Taranto noted his presence in the “mob of rioters” on January 6.
Sure enough, mere hours later the prosecutors on the case – Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White – were placed on leave. Then their sentencing memo was pulled from the docket and replaced with a new one, signed by different prosecutors, that excised the paragraph on January 6.
And just in case it wasn’t clear that the changes were made to benefit Trump, consider another change to the sentencing memo….”
“… The other interesting aspect of Taranto’s crime is Trump’s proximity to it. In fact, Taranto was apprehended near Obama’s home shortly after Trump reshared a post that included an alleged address for the former president to social media. Prosecutors said Taranto began livestreaming in the area shortly after promoting Trump’s post.Trump’s push to rewrite the history of January 6 takes an especially brazen turn
“… To recap: Taranto was among those pardoned by Trump for his actions on January 6. But before that pardon, he committed an unrelated crime. In 2023, he was arrested in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood with numerous firearms and materials to make explosives. He was convicted in May.
… By late Tuesday, a reporter at Politico noted something interesting: Prosecutors in their sentencing memo for Taranto noted his presence in the “mob of rioters” on January 6.
Sure enough, mere hours later the prosecutors on the case – Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White – were placed on leave. Then their sentencing memo was pulled from the docket and replaced with a new one, signed by different prosecutors, that excised the paragraph on January 6.
And just in case it wasn’t clear that the changes were made to benefit Trump, consider another change to the sentencing memo….”

