US EditionInterim US attorney for DC says he's 'expanded' investigation into Jan. 6 cases
- Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin announced in an email that investigations will occur into possible improprieties regarding January 6 prosecutions, stating these leaks "damaged the parties, witnesses, and LEOs."
- Martin's office is expanding a review of the use of a felony obstruction statute in prosecuting January 6 defendants following a Supreme Court ruling that it was improperly used in some cases.
- In an email to his staff, Martin indicated that he has reached out to lawyers, staff, and judges for feedback on the prosecution strategy involving the obstruction statute.
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The DC Bar Won’t Investigate Interim US Attorney Ed Martin - Washingtonian
Ed Martin speaks during a January 6th field hearing held by former US Representative Matt Gaetz in 2023. (Photo by Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images)The DC Bar’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel will not open an investigation into whether interim US Attorney Ed Martin committed an ethical violation related to his representation of a January 6 rioter, according to a letter written by Hamilton P. Fox, who runs the panel, and obtained by Lawfare Monday m…
Top DC Prosecutor Sparks Outrage with WWII Internment Comparison to Jan. 6 Cases
The top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., has stirred a wave of criticism after comparing the criminal charges faced by January 6 Capitol rioters to one of the darkest chapters in American history — the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Ed Martin, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, made the remark in an internal email, raising concerns about how some rioters are being prosecuted. Specifically, he qu…
Exclusive: New Probe Into January 6 Prosecutions Is Emerging Under Trump as a Priority in the Justice Department
‘Project 1512’ is looking into the decision to charge protesters under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which was intended by Congress to be used against financial…
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Interim US attorney for DC says he's 'expanded' investigation into Jan. 6 cases
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said in a message to staff on Friday that he’s “expanded” the scope of his investigation into the office’s handling of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — and likened them to the government’s internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, according to an email obtained by ABC News. Martin, whose nomination is stil…
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