Washington – President Donald Trump appointed the American acting prosecutor of the Columbia district – an organizer of “Stop The Steal” who pleaded for defendants on January 6 – to be the main prosecutor in the district.
Trump made this announcement less than three days after the candidate, Ed Martin, announced that he would investigate Jack Smith and a law firm who gave the legal services of the former special lawyer.
Referring to Martin as “very respected”, Trump wrote on X that Martin “did an excellent job as an American acting lawyer, fighting tirelessly to restore law and order, and make the capital of our safe and beautiful nation again. ”
Martin posted on Friday on X, the platform belonging to the billionaire Elon Musk, that his office would investigate Smith and the law firm Covington & Burling on the pro bono legal services that Smith received at a time when Trump was broadcasting it openly and suggested that he and sound and himself and himself and himself and himself and himself and himself and himself and himself and himself and himself He and his himself and himself and himself and himself and himself and himself and himself and himself and himself and himself and sound and sound and sound and sound and sound and sound and sound and sound and sound and sound and its sound and its and its sound and its sound and its and its and it were its and he himself and the team must be locked up .
“Save your receipts, Smith and Covington,” Martin published from his official X account on Friday evening. “We will soon be in contact. #NoneisAbovethelaw.
Martin called on the “real unconditional Americans” to work until their “last breath” to “stop the theft” in a speech to the American capitol on the eve of the attack on January 6, 2021. He was assigned to appear By the Chamber Committee of January 6 and was on the board of directors of an organization which supported the defendants of January 6, and he was a defense lawyer for three defendants of the Capitol. As an American interim lawyer, he launched an investigation into the delivery of the case office of January 6 and dismissed certain assistant American lawyers who worked on such cases.
In Washington, the American lawyer’s office for the Columbia district continues the two federal cases to the American district court and local affairs before the Superior Court. Martin has held the critical post on a temporary basis since the day of the inauguration, when Trump Mass has violated the rioters on January 6 like Jose Padilla, who was found guilty of assaults and sentenced to six years in federal prison. Martin’s name appeared on a government request to reject the Padilla affair which was subjected one day after Trump’s forgiveness, but he was still as a defense prosecutor for Padilla. Martin filed a request this month to withdraw as lawyer for the defense of Padilla, but the court quickly informed him that he was “not in good standing” and had to renew his membership.
Lawyers who were prosecutors in the Capitol seat section before he was dissolved after Trump told NBC News that they considered Martin openly auditioned for the role of permanent, pointing the unusual letter he wrote to Musk offering the services of his office.
They also fear that his noisy presence on social networks will turn long -term and undermines the criminal affairs of prosecutors, provoking questions with judges and juries.
“Prosecutors are supposed to speak in court and in the documents, but he was unable to respect this rule,” said a federal law manager. , He tarnishes the jury and gives the defense lawyers an argument for the change of place or challenge. »»
Another law enforcement official said: “There is no substance.”
Brendan Ballou, a former prosecutor of the Ministry of Justice who worked in the cases of January 6, told NBC News that Martin’s appointment was “extremely worrying” for a certain number of reasons and that the lack of experience of Martin prosecutor was presented in his public actions.
“He clearly has a program linked to the prosecution of January 6 on which he potentially executes and violating professional obligations as he does, when he rejects, for example, cases where he himself represented the accused,” said declared Ballou.
Martin did not respond to a request for comments as to whether he had discussed the investigation into Smith with Trump before Trump’s announcement on Monday.
But it clearly has a certain influence within the administration. While around 20 federal prosecutors who had worked on the cases of January 6 were dismissed just over two weeks ago and presented themselves at their offices only 14 days ago to deposit their computers and take their personal effects , wrote Martin in an email on Friday evening that he had received an exception to the freezing of the Trump administration to invoke new assistant American lawyers. Some of these assistant prosecutors in the United States had been linked to start working on business before the Superior Court when they were forced to go out.
“While we continue our fight for our American compatriots, we need more people to ensure the security of DC and defend the rights of the victims,” wrote Martin in the e-mail at his office. “To this end, excellent news! We are allowed to hire 20 new ausas. We are there and difficult – to obtain job offers so that we can fill these positions as soon as possible!”
