Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to go after top prosecutor for January 6 charges: ‘He should pay’
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says the resignation of Matthew Graves “is not the end for him.” The top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C, has spearheaded the prosecution of hundreds of people in connection with the January 6 attack on the Capitol — defendants Trump has promised to pardon as soon as he enters office. “We are about to take over and we’re going to be in charge, and he should pay for what he’s done to these people,” Greene told right-wing media network Real America’s Voice on Monday. open image in gallery Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says outgoing U.S. attorney Matthew Graves ‘should pay’ for prosecuting January 6 rioters Nearly 1,100 people have been sentenced for their crimes, including sentences handed down for the first-ever convictions for treason-related seditious conspiracy charges in decades. Greene unsuccessfully tried to impeach Graves last year, echoing Trump’s remarks about the agency’s “weaponization” while accusing Graves of “maliciously prosecuting” rioters and refusing to go after “real criminals.” open image in gallery Greene protested the prison sentence of Steve Bannon on July 1 after he was found in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas by the now-defunct House select committee that investigated the January 6 attack.