Trump pays him to Ed Martin, an ally who defended the uproar of January 6, to stay as the best federal DC prosecutor

Washington (AP) – Conservative activist Ed Martin, who echoed Donald Trump Foundation claims of a stolen 2020 choice and defended on January 6, 2021, Capitol of the USA.He was nominated by the president on Monday to be the main federal prosecutor in Washington permanently.

Martin had been serving as US prosecutor For the Columbia district interim, since just after Trump, a Republican, was sworn by his second term on January 20. His appointment must be confirmed by the United States Senate.

“From the day of the inauguration, Ed has been doing a great job as an interim lawyer of the United States, fighting tirelessly to restore law and order, and make the capital of our nation safe and beautiful again,” Trump wrote in a publication about its social platform of truth. “He will do the job.”

Martin, who grew up in New Jersey, has an English title of the Holy Cross College and spent two years studying at the Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome as a rotating scholar. He obtained a law title from the University of St. Louis.

Martin supervised legal clinics for low -income residents as director of the Human Rights Office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis and, for two decades before becoming the United States prosecutor, carried out his own legal practice and was active In Republican politics, even as the head of the Republican Party of Missouri.

As an interim lawyer of the United States, Martin supervised the layoffs of Hundreds of January 6 cases after Trump forgiven defendantsHe commuted prayers or promised to throw them. He also ordered an internal review of the use of prosecutors for a serious crime against hundreds of fuss of the Capitol and ordered employees to deliver files, emails and other documents.

As US prosecutor, Martin has also defended the work of Elon Musk’s Government Efficiency DepartmentOr Doge, saying that prosecutors “would follow each and every legal actions against anyone who prevents” group work, which includes access to government computer systems and analyze spending.

The lawyer Mike Davis, a Trump ally, announced Martin in a publication on social networks as the “perfect option” to serve as an US prosecutor in Washington. Martin, he said, “will bring very necessary responsibility and forward to the office in DC Violent Street Delles, which makes DC again again for all Americans.”

Alexis Loeb, the former deputy director of the section that processed the cases of January 6, said that when Martin was interimly appointed that it seems to be on the role “simply execute the president’s political priorities more than the security work of security protection public in Washington. “

In a publication on social networks, Martin seemed to describe federal prosecutors as “President’s lawyers.”

Martin led a song in a demonstration of “stopping theft” on January 5, 2021, telling the multitude of Trump supporters: “What they are stealing is not just an election. It is our future, and it is our republic.” The next day, he attended Trump’s demonstration near the White House And he commented on social networks: “noisy crowd but nothing out of control. Ignore the #fakeNews. “

A violent loyal mafia to Trump’s supporters broke into the United States Capitol and forced legislators to hide in a surprising attempt to cancel the 2020 presidential elections and prevent Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House. A woman was shot dead inside the Capitol, and the mayor of Washington instituted a night -left touch to try to contain violence.

Martin later served at the Board of the Patriot Freedom Project, which has raised money to support the defendants and their families on January 6, and was included in judicial documents as a lawyer for at least three accused of disturbances of the Capitol, including a member of the proud children who declared himself guilty of charges for serious crimes.