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DOJ official told GOP ally that big payouts were coming for Jan. 6 defendants
Months before the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund was announced, Ed Martin predicted Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028, two people told NBC News.
NEW: Months before the .8 billion “anti-weaponization†fund was announced, Ed Martin predicted Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028, two people told NBC News.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2026-05-20T02:55:08.749Z
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-official-told-gop-ally-big-payouts-coming-jan-6-defendants-rcna343847
Earlier this year, not long after Trump administration official Ed Martin was stripped of his role as head of the Justice Department’s “weaponization” working group that targeted the president’s political foes, he sat down for breakfast at an upscale spot near the White House.
Inside the Peacock Lounge at the Willard InterContinental in Washington D.C., Martin dined with Republican operative Norm Coleman.
The two touched on the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, D.C. federal grand juries and former special counsel Jack Smith, according to two people with direct knowledge of their conversation.
Martin also predicted the Justice Department would dole out millions of dollars to those charged, and then later pardoned, in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the people said. Even if it took until the end of President Donald Trump’s term.
Martin estimated it would be something like $40 million, the people said.
The pot ended up much, much larger.
Inside the Peacock Lounge at the Willard InterContinental in Washington D.C., Martin dined with Republican operative Norm Coleman.
The two touched on the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, D.C. federal grand juries and former special counsel Jack Smith, according to two people with direct knowledge of their conversation.
Martin also predicted the Justice Department would dole out millions of dollars to those charged, and then later pardoned, in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the people said. Even if it took until the end of President Donald Trump’s term.
Martin estimated it would be something like $40 million, the people said.
The pot ended up much, much larger.
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Assuming this grotesque grift survives litigation, it will be kind of fun in a perverse way to watch all those parasites fight with each other over it. Despite the ridiculous size of the slush fund, it won't be enough to satisfy the demands of all of them.
