US Attorney opening probe into Jan. 6 prosecutions is a 'Stop the Steal' co-founder

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A Trump-appointed prosecutor has opened an internal review of the Department of Justice’s decision to charge hundreds of January 6 defendants with felony obstruction offenses in connection with the 2021 Capitol riot, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Ed Martin, acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., asked prosecutors to turn over files, documents, notes, emails, and other information related to the case. Donald Trump pardoned more than 1,500 defendants, including some who assaulted police officers, hours after he took office.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-eases-on-colombia-tariff-threat-after-president-petro-reluctantly-accepts-deported-migrants-live/ar-AA1xtG1X

June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee has hired a prominent supporter of the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” movement, who has since fueled conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, to help craft its 2024 party platform.

Ed Martin, a former chair of the Missouri Republican Party, was a major proponent of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. He gave a speech to Trump supporters in Washington on the eve of the Capitol attack, calling on “die-hard true Americans” to work until their “last breath” to “stop the steal,” according to video posted on social media.

On the morning of Jan. 6, Martin attended Trump’s speech near the White House before joining the crowd in marching to the Capitol and posting about it on social media. Capitol video surveillance footage published by House Republicans shows him arriving on the grounds at around 2:20 p.m. By that time, Trump’s backers had already broken through police lines and stormed the building itself in an attempt to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s victory.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rnc-hires-prominent-stop-steal-advocate-help-craft-2024-platform-rcna155298

Ed Martin, advocate shill for Jan. 6 defendants, named D.C.'s interim U.S. attorney, overseeing Capitol riot cases
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ed-martin-advocate-jan-6-defendants-interim-chief-us-attorney-dc-rcna188446

...insurrectionist who actually rallied the maga who attacked the Capitol in a speech he gave the day before, inserted by the Defendant-in Chief into the Justice Dept. too not only render his co-conspirators in that violent and ultimately deadly attack on police, property, and members of Congress free from accountability, but to try and prosecute the people who worked to uphold the law.