As the second administration of President Trump continues its crackdown on veteran federal workers deemed insufficiently loyal — or just not enthusiastic enough about enacting the Project 2025 agenda — his Justice Department is now purging federal prosecutors who made cases against Capitol rioters. On Friday, Ed Martin, interim U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, who has espoused conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being stolen from Trump, announced the firings of approximately 30 attorneys formerly assigned to some 1,600 Capitol siege prosecutions. The terminated individuals received notice at around 5 p.m.
ahead of the weekend. Meanwhile, the administration is reportedly acting to remove a number of FBI agents known to have been involved in investigations of Trump and the sacking of the Capitol on Jan. 6 , 2021.
Martin’s connections to those charged in connection to Jan. 6 and later pardoned by Trump are strong: he spoke at a “Stop the Steal” rally on the night before the riot and wound up defending some participants in court. A staunch Trump loyalist , he has even referred to federal prosecutors as “[the] President’s lawyers” in a post on X.
As he stepped into his new role this month, he helped facilitate various filings to dismiss pending charges against Jan. 6 defendants. The president has effectively undone the Justice Department’s sweeping investigation into the insurrection staged at the Capitol by his supporters by issuing blanket pa.
