I’ll say it again: My Jan. 3 column predicting that D.C. would soon be in the new U.S. attorney’s crosshairs fell short of ...

The letters are part of what the interim U.S. attorney called “Operation Whirlwind,” a new initiative to prosecute threats ...

While Trump administration officials were preparing to install a seasoned conservative lawyer as the top prosecutor in ...

Martin was a leader of the “Stop the Steal” movement—and is now targeting prosecutors who went after the Jan. 6 rioters he ...

The nomination of Mr. Martin, who stood in the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, is a full reversal for an office that ...

A conservative activist who echoed Donald Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen 2020 election and defended Jan. 6, 2021, ...

Former perennial candidate and state GOP party head, now acting U.S. attorney in Washington, becomes embroiled in flap ...

Ed Martin, a conservative lawyer who supported the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol rioters, was nominated by President Donald Trump as ...

Martin's time in Missouri politics included unsuccessfully running twice for statewide and congressional office. In the ...

The former January 6 defense attorney was initially brought in on an interim basis, but he's impressed the boss.

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Martin had been serving as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia on an interim basis since just after Trump, a Republican, was sworn in for his second term on ...