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Acting U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin announced that he is expanding his investigation into his predecessor’s political prosecutions against January 6th Capitol protestors.
Ed Martin’s probe focuses on former U.S. Attorney for D.C. Matthew Graves’ alleged misuse of the 1512(c)(2) obstruction charge.
Underneath Biden’s regime, Matthew Graves charged over 300 non-violent J6 protestors with felony obstruction charges in order to lock them up.
NEW: Ed Martin Expands Probe Into Biden US Attorney Matthew Graves’ Unlawful Use of 1512(c)(2) Obstruction Charge to Lock Up J6ers
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One month ago, Ed Martin called out Matthew Graves for engaging in lawfare, in this post on X:
Public stats make one thing clear:
my predecessor – his name is Matt Graves – chose to engage in lawfare. As he upped political prosecutions, he steered resources$ to a now-debunked legal theory that targeted American citizens, and gun prosecutions went down. Literally.
Let me…— U.S. Attorney Ed Martin (@USAEdMartin) March 1, 2025
Public stats make one thing clear: my predecessor – his name is Matt Graves – chose to engage in lawfare. As he upped political prosecutions, he steered resources$ to a now-debunked legal theory that targeted American citizens, and gun prosecutions went down. Literally. Let me be clear: he used our $ to chase political hoaxes while the people of DC were terrorized by thugs with guns. That Biden prosecutor chose politics over the people of DC. History will mark his shame. We will put the people first. We will get the thugs with guns. We comin.’ We will Make DC Safe Again. #MarchBadness
Ed Martin launched the 1512 investigation, named after the obstruction charge, in order to hold Matthew Graves and anyone else involved in unlawfully imprisoning peaceful J6 protestors accountable.
Now, Martin says that he is expanding the scope of the investigation.
ABC News reported:
Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said in a message to staff on Friday that he’s “expanded” the scope of his investigation into the office’s handling of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — and likened them to the government’s internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, according to an email obtained by ABC News.
Martin, whose nomination is still pending confirmation by the Senate, has dubbed his investigation the “1512 Project,” referring to the felony obstruction charge used against hundreds of Capitol attack defendants that was later narrowed by the Supreme Court.
“We have contacted lawyers, staff and judges about this — and sought their feedback,” Martin wrote in his email. “One called the bi-partisan rejection of the 1512 charge the ‘greatest failure of legal judgement since FDR and his Attorney General put American citizens of Japanese descent in prison camps — and seized their property.’ I agree and that’s why we continue to look at who ordered the 1512 and why. A lot to do.”
Politico added:
The Trump administration’s top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., told staff Friday he is expanding an investigation into the decision by the Justice Department to level felony obstruction charges against hundreds of people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, a vocal advocate for those defendants before President Donald Trump appointed him, called the decision the “greatest failure of legal judgment” since Japanese internment during World War II, according to an internal email reviewed by POLITICO.
“We have contacted lawyers, staff and judges about this — and sought their feedback,” Martin said in the Friday morning “Dear Colleague” email, adding “We continue to look at who ordered the [obstruction charges] and why.”
Martin indicated early in his tenure that one of his priorities would be to review how the decision to bring obstruction charges against Jan. 6 defendants was made…
Martin, whom Trump has nominated to take the U.S. attorney role permanently, has courted controversy from the start of his tenure. He helped unwind hundreds of pending Jan. 6 prosecutions after Trump’s blanket pardon, including for three defendants he had previously represented as a defense attorney. A top prosecutor resigned last month after what she described as inappropriate pressure from Martin to initiate criminal proceedings related to Biden-era environmental grants. And Martin has openly discussed ongoing investigations, writing letters to Democratic members of Congress suggesting potential inquiries into their rhetoric.
In his Friday email, Martin indicated he’s working with a veteran prosecutor, Jonathan Hooks, on what he’s dubbed “the 1512 project,” a reference to the obstruction statute in the federal code. The subject line of the email reads “The 1512 Project is growing” and the first line indicates the effort has “expanded in scope.”
Martin also told colleagues the office has been “asked to look into leaks” that occurred during Jan. 6 prosecutions and he claimed had contributed to “misinformation” repeated in the media. He did not specify the subject or substance of any purported leaks.
“It was bad all around,” Martin wrote.
Notable, Martin’s announcement comes just after Sen. Adam Schiff issued a block against his nomination.
What is Sen. Pencil Neck scared of?…
More on that here:
Adam Schiff Places A HOLD On President Trump’s Nominee for U.S. Attorney in D.C.
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