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Report: DOJ Strips Trump Ally Ed Martin of Key Powers

Insiders say lawyer is no longer leading 'Weaponization Working Group'

(Newser) - Ed Martin, a close ally of President Trump who was once at the center of some of the Justice Department's most politically charged inquiries, has seen his portfolio sharply reduced, the Washington Post reports, citing "two people familiar with the personnel move." Senior department officials have removed...

Trump Extends Pardons to Riot-Related Convictions

One recipient was convicted on weapons charges, the other of threatening FBI agents

(Newser) - President Trump has added two pardons of people convicted of crimes related to the Capitol riot, one for the second time and the other for threatening to shoot FBI agents, the administration announced Saturday. Ed Martin, a Justice Department pardon attorney and supporter of the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters, revealed...

DOJ Escalates Campaign Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors

Sources say at least 3 involved in Capitol riot criminal cases were fired on Friday

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday fired at least three prosecutors involved in US Capitol riot criminal cases, the latest move by the Trump administration targeting attorneys connected to the massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, per two people familiar with the matter. Those dismissed include two attorneys who...

Trump: Whitmer Convictions Look Like a 'Railroad Job'

President says he'll look at pardoning men prosecuted in kidnap plot

(Newser) - President Trump said Wednesday that he watched the prosecutions of men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and that "it looked to me like somewhat of a railroad job." So he's going to consider pardoning them. "You know, they were drinking, and I...

In Rare Defeat, Trump Pulls Controversial Nominee's Name

Ed Martin will not be US attorney for DC after a key Republican opposes him over Jan. 6

(Newser) - The controversial interim US attorney for DC will not get to remain in the powerful post. President Trump on Thursday pulled the nomination of Ed Martin when the opposition of a GOP senator made it clear he would not be confirmed, reports the New York Times . The 55-year-old Martin is...

Online Attacks on Judge Ghostwritten by Lawyer in Case

ProPublica reports on Ed Martin, currently the interim US attorney for DC

(Newser) - When a state judge in Illinois was presiding over a political case in 2016, he became the target of a barrage of nasty insults posted online. They were posted by a woman named Priscilla Gray, but ProPublica now has new details on the real source: Ed Martin, an attorney who...

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