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Jeremy Kohler
@jeremykohler
Investigative reporter @propublica covering Missouri and the Midwest. You have got to show me. Voice/Signal: 708-967-5731
Apr 24 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
When Trump appointed Ed Martin as interim U.S. attorney in D.C. in January, I did a double take.
Ed Martin? The same Ed Martin I’d seen stir chaos through Missouri politics for years? And now he was suddenly holding one of the most powerful prosecutorial posts in the country? 🧵 2/ For @stltoday, I had written about Martin as a key player in the legal fight for control of the Eagle Forum, the conservative organization founded by anti-feminist icon Phyllis Schlafly. In 2016, Judge John Barberis issued an order removing Martin as the group’s president.