The Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor who led the January 6 prosecution of more than 1,500 defendants is scheduled to resign before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20, 2025.
Matthew Graves, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, announced that he will resign on January 16th. announced Monday. Under Graves, 1,572 defendants were charged with crimes related to their appearance at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. According to to his office.
“It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia,” Graves said in a statement Monday. “I am deeply grateful to Congressman Holmes Norton for nominating me, to President Biden for nominating me, and to Attorney General Garland for his confidence in me.” (Related: Report says 26 FBI 'confidential sources' were in D.C. on January 6)
U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves to resign on January 16, 2025 https://t.co/OZuJvzoslI
— United States Attorney DC (@USAO_DC) December 30, 2024
More than 250 of the defendants indicted under Mr. Graves were arrested on January 6, at the culmination of Fisher v. United States, in which the Justice Department found that it applied the obstruction for financial crimes statute in prosecuting the defendants. influenced by court decisions.
Since that decision, the government has abandoned charges in 96 pending cases and has decided not to oppose the dismissal of charges in 54 cases that have already been decided. According to Grave's office, the sentence reduced the sentences of five defendants. (Related: Biden regrets hiring Merrick Garland after failing to adequately prosecute Trump: Report)
“All 94 federal prosecutors across the country are expected to resign, with most likely to do so by January 20,” said William Shipley, a defense attorney who represented many of the defendants in the January 6 attack. said. I wrote Monday of X. “Those still in office as of January 20 will be asked to submit their resignations, which has been the norm since 1992.”
President Trump promised to pardon the defendants on January 6th. After the election, some defendants Moved This is to delay the legal proceedings in light of his statement.
“I'm going to move very quickly. Day one” President Trump said NBC News on December 8th.
“I know the system. This system is a very corrupt system,” he told NBC News. “They tell a guy, 'You're going to go to prison for two years or 30 years,' and they see their whole life destroyed. For two years, they… But it's a very messy system.”
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