People associated with the January 6 Committee who did not receive preemptive pardons from former President Joe Biden may be contacted to answer some questions, a Department of Justice (DOJ) official suggested on Sunday.

Ed Martin, the Trump administration’s weaponization czar working under the supervision of Attorney General Pam Bondi, briefly spoke about probing the now-defunct panel at the end of an interview on Fox News.

BARTIROMO: What about the January 6 committee? Did they destroy evidence? Is there criminality there?

ED MARTIN: Of course. Trust me, a lot of people did not get a pardon that were involved in the select committee, and they ought to be keeping an eye on their mailbox. pic.twitter.com/xRelaTtlyp

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“Real quick, what about the January 6 Committee? Did they destroy evidence? Is there criminality there?” asked “Sunday Morning Futures” anchor Maria Bartiromo.

“Of course. We’re all in that, too,” Martin replied. “And, trust me, a lot of … people did not get a pardon that were involved in the select committee, and they ought to be keeping an eye on their mailbox, because there’s a lot to be asked about.”

Biden announced during the final hours of his presidency in January that he pardoned the lawmakers and staffers who served on the January 6 Committee, along with D.C. and U.S. Capitol police officers who testified before the Democrat-led panel, among others.

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“Baseless and politically motivated investigations wreak havoc on the lives, safety, and financial security of targeted individuals and their families,” Biden said in a statement at the time. “Even when individuals have done nothing wrong — and in fact have done the right thing — and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances.”

As the Trump administration is looking into whether aides improperly used autopen to sign off on executive actions in an effort to conceal Biden’s health issues, Bartiromo asked Martin if the pardons were legitimate.

“Well, yes, I’m the pardon attorney, so I have — I’m in that, too,” Martin said, referring to his other job at DOJ. “I can tell you we’re investigating how the pardons were granted. It was not like anything in the history of America what Joe Biden — not Joe Biden, his staffers did, not just with the autopen, but with faking him out on the memos.”

He continued, “More to come, Maria. I’m telling you, Pam Bondi has let us loose, and when this comes out, it’ll take the whole of these people’s hoaxes down. And we’re doing it bit by bit. And it’s fantastic. It’s a great privilege.”

The biggest critics of President Donald Trump’s efforts to achieve peace between Ukraine and Russia have been “wrong” on foreign policy for decades, according to Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO).

During an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Schmitt delivered a retort after being pressed to respond to critiques from his colleagues across the aisle following Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week.

Sen. @Eric_Schmitt: The people who are most critical of @POTUS‘ pursuit of peace “have been wrong, for the last 30 years, about every single foreign policy issue under the sun.” pic.twitter.com/JMkr8ljDEy

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“The people who are most critical have been wrong for the last 30 years about every single foreign policy issue under the sun,” Schmitt told anchor Shannon Bream.

As an example, Schmitt took aim at Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser under former President Joe Biden who had also been interviewed on the program on Sunday.

“I mean, you just had Jake Sullivan on,” Schmitt said. “Jake Sullivan just presided over, in the last four years, the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia that he’s now critical about President Trump.”

Sullivan also bragged in October 2023 about the Middle East region being “quieter” than it had been in two decades — just days before Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel.

“So, these Wilsonian adventurers who think America can be everywhere all at once all the time have been wrong about everything,” Schmitt said.

Democrats have argued that Trump is being played by Putin, but Schmitt rejected the idea that a peace agreement is not attainable just because the Alaska meeting did not immediately end the conflict.

“I look at this from a realistic point of view,” he said. “The diplomacy that President Trump is engaging in, which has been very successful since he took office, is about engaging people that, you know, maybe aren’t your best friends in the world, but you’re trying to get to a peace deal. That’s exactly what this was.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders are expected to huddle with Trump at the White House on Monday. Another meeting with Putin could follow.

“It’s going to take time,” Schmitt said. “So, that meeting led to the next meeting, which is going to happen on Monday, which will likely lead to the next meeting. That’s how that typically works. I think for some people so used to the 24-hour news cycle, maybe that isn’t fast enough, but that’s how the real-world works.”

Schmitt contended Trump is trying to be a uniter, unlike Biden.

“We just didn’t see that the last four years. Joe Biden was out to lunch and his only plan was to send $200 billion of American taxpayer funds over there without a plan,” he said. “And so President Trump, I think, is seeking peace. He’s bringing the parties together. And that’s what diplomacy is all about. That should always be our first option, and that’s where we’re at right now.”