Trump’s main prosecutor in DC degrades several supervisors who managed politically sensitive cases

WASHINGTON -Various high -level leaders in the Office of Federal Prosecutors of Washington have been degraded to works that handle minor crimes or other low -level issues, in the last movement of the US prosecutor of President Donald Trump to travel the office that supervised the Mass prosecution of the United States Capitol attackThree people familiar with the matter said Friday.

The interim movement of the US Prosecutor Ed Martin to reallocate at least seven of the most old and experienced prosecutors have shocked lawyers in the office, which was Already shaken by the shots of a series of lawyers who handled January 6 of the cases. Among those who are being reassigned include several prosecutors who managed or supervised politically sensitive cases that involve the riots of January 6 and Trump’s allies Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon.

Prosecutors were informed in an email that were being reallocated to work in cases of minor crimes or transferred to the early case evaluation section, which evaluates new cases and manages the first judicial procedures, such as accusations in a superior court.

“Let me be clear: this change is not temporary,” Martin told lawyers who move to cases of minor crimes, according to an email obtained by Associated Press. Martin said that “minor crimes do important work and need for assistance.”

A spokesman for the DCU lawyer’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comments. It was not clear immediately who would replace reallocated supervisors.

The degraded include Greg Rosen, who was head of the Capitol’s siege section, which prosecuted the cases derived from January 6, 2021, Riot, said three people familiar with the matter. Others include two lawyers who helped ensure sedicious conspiracy convictions against the founder of the oath greetings Stewart Rhodes and former national president of the proud Enrique Tarrio. People spoke about anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss staff movements.

Another directed supervisor was John Crabb, an accessory of a long time in the office that participated over the years in multiple cases of high profile, including the prosecution that arises from the attack on the diplomatic complex in Benghazi and more recently cases against Navarro and Bannon.

Elizabeth Aloi, head of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights, was also degraded, which prosecuted Navarro for contempt of Congress for positions of refuse to cooperate with a Congress investigation In the attack of January 6.

Martin, a conservative activist who echoed the false claims of Trump 2020 electoral fraud, has overturned to the office since his appointment last month as an interim prosecutor of the United States. He has described federal prosecutors as the “president’s lawyers” and forced the head of the criminal division of the office to resign After a dispute over a directive that she examines the award of a government contract during the Biden administration.

Trump announced earlier this month that I was nomanding Martin to the postwhich will require the confirmation of the Senate. Trump said Martin “has been doing a great job as an interim prosecutor of the United States, struggling tirelessly to restore law and order, and make the capital of our nation safe and beautiful again.”