He held an important position–U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia–but Matthew Graves has been nearly invisible in the national media over the last four years as a Joe Biden appointee. They didn’t seriously cover what he’s done, and what he’s failed to do.
What he’s done is hyperactively prosecute Jan. 6 protesters–whether violent or nonviolent. Team Graves was so aggressive that they were still arresting riot suspects a week before Christmas, long after Donald Trump won, and almost four years after the riot.
MSNBC legal analyst Barb McQuade is, unsurprisingly, a huge fan: “All Americans owe DC US Attorney Matthew Graves and his staff a debt of gratitude for their work to prosecute the 1,600 defendants who attacked our Capitol on Jan 6, 2021.” This is fact-mangling. Many defendants didn’t “attack” at all, like the “praying grandma” who…
