A vocal "Stop the Steal" activist who sat on a board advocating for Jan. 6 defendants has been named interim U.S. attorney for Washington. D.C., an office that has control over hundreds of cases related to the 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The appointment of Ed Martin, a longtime GOP operative from Missouri and board member of the Patriot Freedom Project, was confirmed by President Donald Trump's Justice Department. Trump had also appointed him as chief of staff to the Office of Management and Budget in December.
