President Trump named Ed Martin, an advocate for the January 6 rioters, as interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., NBC News reports.

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More than four years ago, following Donald Trump’s defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, “Stop the Steal” leader Ed Martin stood in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to rally a pro-Trump sect called Rod of Iron Ministries that incorporates AR-15 rifles into their worship services.Now, after Trump took the oath of office to begin his second term, Martin is serving as acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia and filing moti…

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Ed Martin, a conservative activist who has been on the board of a group supporting Jan. 6 defendants, has been named to head the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C.

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Amid his flurry of first moves as president, Donald Trump tapped a vehement supporter of Jan. 6 rioters, right-wing activist Ed Martin, to serve as Washington, D.C.’s interim government prosecutor, NBC News reports.

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Ed Martin, who was present at the Capitol on Jan. 6, was named by Trump as interim U.S. attorney for DC

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Trump picks "Stop the Steal" activist Ed Martin to oversee Jan. 6 cases

WASHINGTON — A conservative activist who has been on the board of a group supporting Jan. 6 defendants has been named interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., the position that has overseen the hundreds of cases brought in the Capitol siege investigation. Ed Martin will be the interim chief, Trump Justice Department official Chad Gilmartin told NBC News. Martin was a prominent member of the “Stop the Steal” movement. In a speech at the Capito…

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Ed Martin, advocate for Jan. 6 defendants, named D.C.’s interim U.S. attorney, overseeing Capitol riot cases

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