Interim District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Ed Martin compared the use of an obstruction statute against Jan. 6 defendants to former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s use of internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II, NBC News reported.

In a Friday morning email obtained by the outlet, Martin said he was expanding the scope of the “special project” he had launched regarding the use of an obstruction of official proceeding charge against the Jan. 6 defendants.

“We continue to look at exactly how and why so many Jan 6th cases were charged using 1512 which led to the dramatic failure before the Supreme Court,” Martin wrote. “We have contacted lawyers, staff and judges about this — and sought their feedback.

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