Trump's DOJ 'weaponization' chief slams GOP senator 'under the spell' of Jan. 6 'hoax'

Ed Martin, the former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., lashed out at the Republican senator who derailed his nomination over the Jan. 6 riot.

In an interview with right-wing host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday, Martin said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) had confronted him for organizing the "Stop the Steal" protest of Jan. 6, 2021.

"When I met with him [for] 90 minutes, he railed on J6," Martin recalled. "He said, how could you represent J6 people? How stupid do people have to be to go into the Capitol and blah...