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Despite apologies, Trump DC Attorney nominee Ed Martin can't escape connection to Hitler-loving Jan 6 hostage (He's out, Pirro is now interim)

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Trump US attorney nominee distances himself from antisemitic Jan. 6 rioter he once praised​

Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's nominee for the next U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., apologized in a new interview for his past praise of a Jan. 6 rioter who had a lengthy history of antisemitic statements and infamously posted photos of himself dressed as Adolf Hitler.

Martin's comments come as his nomination faces headwinds in the Senate over his public praise for Jan. 6 rioter Timothy Hale-Cussanelli at a 2024 event at Trump's Bedminster club in 2024.

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Trump rally highlighting January 6 case of alleged Nazi sympathizer sparks criticism

[A] speaker at Trump's Pennsylvania rally was Cynthia Hughes, the leader of a support group for January 6 defendants like Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, whose case went viral after the Justice Department released photos of him sporting a distinctive "Hitler mustache."

During the Saturday rally, Hughes pointed to the fact that Hale-Cusanelli, whom she called her nephew

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Timothy Hale-Cusanelli was a special guest at the Eagle Council conference that was held in Bedminster, NPR investigative reporter Tom Dreisbach has discovered.

At one event, Trump sent a video praising the attendees as 'amazing patriots.' At the other, [Hale-Cusanelli] won an award."

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"I'm sorry," Ed Martin said in an interview with the Jewish publication Forward. "I denounce everything about what that guy said, everything about the way he talked, and all as I’ve now seen it ... At the time, I didn’t know it.”

Video casts doubt on Ed Martin’s apology for praising Nazi sympathizer​

Trump’s pick for top D.C. federal prosecutor said he didn’t know about the man’s statements, but Martin had discussed the antisemitism allegations in podcasts.

But in videos and podcasts, Martin has defended the man since at least 2023, calling him a friend who was “slurred and smeared” by antisemitism allegations.

[The two got friendly since Martin served on the board of the Patriot Freedom Project, the organization referred to above founded by Cynthia Hughes, the 'aunt' of Hale-Cusanelli, to support her nephew and other Jan 6 hostages.]

“I’ve gotten to know him really well,” Martin said of Hale-Cusanelli during the show. “I’d say we’re friends.”
 
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The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor

Martin’s career is dotted with ethical and professional questions, records show. Some of the most serious ones about the interim U.S. attorney for D.C. have remained buried in court filings, overlooked by the press or never reported — until now.
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At the heart of the dispute — and the lead defendant in the case — was Ed Martin, a lawyer by training and a political operative by trade. In Missouri, where he was based, Martin was widely known as an irrepressible gadfly who trafficked in incendiary claims and trailed controversy wherever he went. Today, he’s the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., and one of the most prominent members of the Trump Justice Department.
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Sounds like a MAGA star.
 
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Former federal prosecutors for D.C. sign memo opposing Ed Martin as D.C. U.S. attorney​

Nearly 100 former employees and prosecutors for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., have signed a memo opposing President Trump's nominee to lead the office.

"There is a time when we all are called to stand for the full and fair administration of justice and the rule of law," the memo says. "For those of us who have served in the Office of the United States Attorney and still have a breath, that time is now. And the message we speak is, reject — outright and completely — the proposed nominee. Whether our message is futile or not, it is an expression of our conscience and a matter of principle that we deliver with all of the strength that we can muster."

"(Martin's) refusals to acknowledge the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election and the illegality in the conduct of 1600 individuals who overran the police and the Capitol on January 6, 2021, causing physical harm to dozens and potentially irreparable damage to the institution of democratic governance are in and of themselves disqualifying"
 
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Embatteled Trump pick told 'Church of the AR-15' that US institutions must fall​

Ed Martin, Donald Trump’s embattled pick for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, once told an AR-15-toting fringe religious group [Rod of Iron Ministries] that institutions preventing Trump from overturning the 2020 election would fall like Jericho, according to footage reviewed by Raw Story but now seemingly removed from the internet by the group concerned.

“We’re gonna have Jericho March, Jericho March all around,” Martin said, alluding to the Biblical story of how Joshua led the Israelite army to attack the city of Jericho and slaughter its inhabitants.

“And if these principalities won’t yield to the truth and the Constitution, we know what happened in Jericho.”

On Dec. 12, 2020, a “Jericho March” went ahead. One of the speakers was Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers militia, who called on Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act or face a “much more desperate, much more bloody war.”

After the Capitol attack, Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to 18 years in federal prison. He was released in January after receiving a commutation from Trump.

Martin was present at the Capitol on Jan. 6, but was not charged.
 
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Good news: Ed Martin won't be graduating from acting to actual.

Predictable news: Trump may be going back to FOX NEWS for a replacement

Trump eying Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC​

The potential selection comes as Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday that Ed Martin, who is currently serving as D.C.'s interim top prosecutor, would not be taking the position permanently after losing support among top Republicans in the Senate.

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It's official, well a nomination, anyway:

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Trump appoints Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top prosecutor in DC

President Donald Trump said he is appointing Fox News host and ex-prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
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Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists​

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The White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security​

Paul Ingrassia, currently serving as the White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, has ties to multiple figures widely known for promoting antisemitism. [Andrew Tate, Nick Fuentes...]

The communications director for the White House Office of Management and Budget​

Before joining the Trump administration as the communications director for the White House Office of Management and Budget, Rachel Cauley served on the board of the Patriot Freedom Project. The nonprofit group was founded in direct response to the arrest of Hale-Cusanelli on Jan. 6 charges.

On social media, Cauley referred to the trial as a "clown trial" and said Hale-Cusanelli's conviction was a "complete miscarriage of justice."

Reached by phone this week, Cauley told an NPR reporter three times, "You can send me an email," before hanging up.

She did not respond to subsequent emails.
 
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Good news: Ed Martin won't be graduating from acting to actual.

Predictable news: Trump may be going back to FOX NEWS for a replacement

Trump eying Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC​

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Pirro appears to be upset that the perks in government service aren't on par with what Fox News offers.

Perhaps we taxpayers can all chip in a little extra for her comfort.

Ex-Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Fumes About Water Perks in U.S. Attorney’s Office​

Pirro, who was sworn in as interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. a week ago, took to X to post a video in which she informed everyone that not only was there no water in her office water cooler, but when there is, people need to pay a monthly fee to use it.

"the U.S. attorneys, as well as the staff, in order to get water, they have to join a water club and they have to pay."

Pirro said the company that fills her water cooler asked for their “patience” as water could not be delivered that day.

“Today there was no water delivered to the United States Attorney’s Office. And remember, it’s only for those who pay $7 a month. Now, ain’t it grand to be a part of the government, and I’m just thrilled to be here.”

You can almost smell the virtuous devotion to public service!
 
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ingrassia has now been named to the Office of the Special Counsel
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Jewish Groups Deny Endorsing Trump’s Far-Right Pick for Watchdog Chief​

Paul Ingrassia, tipped to lead the Trump administration’s Office of Special Counsel, has known ties to white supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.​

Apparently mindful of their nominee’s colorful resumé, White House told CNN last week that Ingrassia in fact has the backing of “many Jewish groups,” by which it then clarified it meant just four organizations.

The network has now contacted those groups. Three said they’d never heard of him, while a fourth initially denied backing him, before getting back in touch several days later to say he had their support.
 
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