He has, however, defended several Jan. 6 rioters in court and has a long history of right-wing political activism: He was a deputy director of policy for the RNC for a time, served as chief of staff to Missouri’s Republican governor Matt Blunt and ran on the Republican ticket in several of his own failed political campaigns. His allegiance to Trump has been no secret, either: Martin spoke at a “Stop the Steal” rally on the eve of the insurrection at the Capitol, telling Trump’s supporters that “until we have a last breath and go home to the Lord,” they must work to “stop the steal.” Not long after that, in an official post on X from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. while Trump was fighting with The Associated Press over the news outlet’s use of “Gulf of Mexico,” Martin referred to the attorney’s office as “President Trump’s lawyers,” though they are decidedly not Trump’s personal legal representatives.
Author: Brandi Buchman
Published at: 2025-04-28 22:07:02
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