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Trump taps Jan. 6 activist as U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.
MSNBC ^ | Jahan Jones

Posted on 01/24/2025 2:51:18 PM PST by hardspunned

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.

Unlike other regions where district attorneys are elected, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., handles both local and federal cases, and the U.S. attorney is handpicked by the president.

The announcement, made on the day Trump pardoned roughly 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters, means the top lawyer in Washington — a place Republicans have tried to portray as crime-ridden because of liberal policies — will be a vocal advocate of the pro-Trump insurrectionists who sought to overturn the 2020 election.

NBC News’ Ryan Reilly noted that Martin is a member of an advocacy group for Jan. 6 defendants that “held fundraisers at Donald Trump’s properties, including events where Trump spoke.” And he laid out what Martin was up to himself on Jan. 6:

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Excellent!
1 posted on 01/24/2025 2:51:18 PM PST by hardspunned
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To: hardspunned

BREAKING: Inside the MASSIVE Trump DOJ shake-up you need to know about. A thread that will blow your mind...

https://x.com/roddmartin/status/1882849055417799096?s=46&t=oXM3QUNDayEotvdo1W-zQA

Check out this thread.


2 posted on 01/24/2025 2:52:35 PM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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To: hardspunned

“On the Fifth Day of Trumpmas, my President gave to me - a stick in the eye of DC...”


3 posted on 01/24/2025 2:52:56 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: hardspunned

More winning. I hope he will go after the fascist Democratic prosecutors, jailers, and judges who so routinely violated the rights of those who were legitimately demonstrating on January 6th.


4 posted on 01/24/2025 2:54:16 PM PST by marktwain
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To: hardspunned; marktwain

for those who don’t have Twitter/X:

https://nitter.poast.org/RodDMartin/status/1882849055417799096#m


5 posted on 01/24/2025 2:55:37 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: hardspunned

“pro-Trump insurrectionists”
That is not a fact. It’s an editorial. A news organization, that pretends to be objective, should have reserved that comment for the editorial page.


6 posted on 01/24/2025 2:56:39 PM PST by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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To: hardspunned

And 3/4 of DC is now wetting itself!


7 posted on 01/24/2025 2:58:34 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: hardspunned

I am guessing that they are now really wishing they didn’t steal the 2020 election or engage in the lawfare afterwards. Trump 2.0 is much different.


8 posted on 01/24/2025 3:01:40 PM PST by Tipllub
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To: hardspunned

“right-wing activist Ed Martin,”

Oh, no bias there.

But the love left-wing activist.


9 posted on 01/24/2025 3:03:16 PM PST by Fledermaus (SANITY RETURNS!)
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To: hardspunned

You want to see winning and quickly draining the swamp? Many swamp members have been and are being ousted, all via Loophole found and it’s all being done by “acting” positions as we wait for nominees to be approved. The people in these “acting” roles are hard core anti-swamp, America first people.

Check out this X thread

BREAKING: Inside the MASSIVE Trump DOJ shake-up you need to know about. A thread that will blow your mind...

https://x.com/RodDMartin/status/1882849055417799096https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1882849055417799096.html

Rod Martin — followed by Steve Turley, Ned Ryun and David Sacks(of those I follow) — https://x.com/RodDMartin/bio


10 posted on 01/24/2025 3:11:42 PM PST by Pollard (Zone 6b)
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To: hardspunned

Agree,

I only hope that the guy is also competent.

Don’t want the liberal retard thing where they appoint idiots into office that follow ideological lines but are inept.

But a hard core Trumper on a vengeance trip for those that abuse government powers, great!


11 posted on 01/24/2025 3:12:55 PM PST by Red6
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To: kiryandil

For the days go to 30?


12 posted on 01/24/2025 3:13:04 PM PST by madison10
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To: hardspunned

Interim appointments
Ed Martin USADC
Danielle Sassoon USASDNY
John Durham USAEDNY
They can go through the staff AUSAs employees fire them, put on leave, investigate.
These are probably the most common important districts in US.


13 posted on 01/24/2025 3:26:51 PM PST by grumpygresh ( Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification.)
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14 posted on 01/24/2025 3:32:43 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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For the days go to 30?

I want every day to be Trumpmas.

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1881387836525752320/vid/avc1/504x360/e26aMaUinNu2-GQD.mp4?tag=16

15 posted on 01/24/2025 3:36:12 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: kiryandil

Wow. Didn’t know Nitter was back.


16 posted on 01/24/2025 4:05:09 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Nessun Dorma.)
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To: hardspunned

Sure is better than another far-left fool on the bench.


17 posted on 01/24/2025 4:20:43 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (For a good time, call Lisa M. 123-4567)
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To: Flaming Conservative

I want to see them bankrupting themselves on shyster fees the way Lawfare DC has bankrupted so many innocent people.


18 posted on 01/24/2025 4:27:00 PM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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I live in DC. I don’t care if this guy is a Trump activist and an outspoken critic of the democrats’ J6 jihad, as long as he’s a good prosecutor and a strong manager. But the activist thing is not why he should be appointed. Biden saddled us with a woke, Soros type U.S. Attorney who has been all-in on the pro-criminal, anti-police, anti-citizen agenda. We need a get tough on crime U.S. Attorney who will throw the carjackers, muggers and looters in jail and back up police when they get back to proactive policing. And we need someone who is a good enough manager to purge the lefty hires made over the last four years.

We’ve had four years of a U.S. Attorney who would have fit right in in San Francisco. That’s what has to end, hopefully before the Biden crime surge reverses the remarkable improvement the city has seen since we got rid of Marion Barry.


19 posted on 01/24/2025 4:39:25 PM PST by sphinx
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did he ask all the US Attorneys for their resigantion?


20 posted on 01/24/2025 4:41:52 PM PST by stylin19a (1 year i saw that 4,153,237 people got wed. not to stir up trouble but that should be an even number)
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