Top DC prosecutor, who promoted false 2020 voter fraud claims, forms 'election accountability' unit

FILE - Ed Martin speaks at an event at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital, who promoted President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was rigged, has formed a “special unit†to investigate election offenses, according to an email sent to lawyers in his office on Monday.

said the “Special Unit: Election Accountability" has already opened one investigation and “will continue to make sure that all the election laws of our nation are obeyed,†according to the email reviewed by The Associated Press.

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