Acting U.S. Attorney for D.C., Ed Martin is broadening his investigation into former U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves over his prosecution of more than 1,500 January 6 protesters. The focus is on obstruction charges brought against individuals who never entered the Capitol—charges the Supreme Court has since ruled inapplicable to such cases. Graves is also accused of leveraging extortion tactics, allegedly pressuring defendants into plea deals by threatening them with even harsher charges. Martin’s probe is zeroing in on Graves’ misuse of the controversial 1512(c)(2) obstruction statute.
Biden’s corrupt DOJ charged over 300 January 6 defendants with 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(2)—a charge the Supreme Court has now called into question. Meanwhile, a partisan prosecutor leveled two conspiracy-to-obstruct charges against President Trump. Then-U.S. Attorney for D.C. Matthew Graves arrested and prosecuted thousands of non-violent protesters, many of whom never even entered the Capitol. Graves reportedly threatened harsher prison sentences if the Supreme Court overturned the unconstitutional obstruction charges. He’s got to go.
Matthew Graves said last March:
“Indeed, at any resentencing, the Court could apply an upward departure for “significant disruption of a governmental function.”
The Supreme Court last year heard oral arguments in Fischer v. United States and at issue was statute 18 USC §1512(c)(2):
Whoever corruptly—
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL(1) alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the object’s integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding; or
(2) otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
The opinion reads:
“To prove a violation of Section 1512(c)(2), the Government must establish that the defendant impaired the availability or integrity for use in an official proceeding of records, documents, objects, or as we earlier explained, other things used in the proceeding, or attempted to do so. See supra, at 9. The judgment of the D. C. Circuit is therefore vacated, and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. On remand, the D. C. Circuit may assess the sufficiency of Count Three of Fischer’s indictment in light of our interpretation of Section 1512(c)(2).”
Matthew Graves continued to threaten J6ers with additional felony charges after the Supreme Court overturned the obstruction charge.
Ed Martin, who is currently under attack from Democrat Senator Adam Schiff, is expanding his investigation and has reportedly looking into who ordered the obstruction charges.
Politico reported:
The Trump administration’s top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., told staff Friday he is expanding an investigation into the decision by the Justice Department to level felony obstruction charges against hundreds of people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, a vocal advocate for those defendants before President Donald Trump appointed him, called the decision the “greatest failure of legal judgment” since Japanese internment during World War II, according to an internal email reviewed by POLITICO.
“We have contacted lawyers, staff and judges about this — and sought their feedback,” Martin said in the Friday morning “Dear Colleague” email, adding “We continue to look at who ordered the [obstruction charges] and why.”
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