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What we know about the relationship between Alex Jones and DOJ official Ed Martin

A new report highlighted Jones bragging about receiving sensitive information from Martin. Jones has said that he has known Martin for 20 years and repeatedly called for Martin to have more power.

Written by Gideon Taaffe, Noah Dowe, Reed McMaster, Pete Tsipis & Ben Van Bloem

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As conspiracy theorist Alex Jones deals with cascading legal issues stemming from his defamation of the families of Sandy Hook massacre victims, he has found an ally in the Trump administration in the form of Ed Martin, who serves as the director of the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group.

According to Jones, Martin – who is now facing internal scrutiny following potential misconduct in his investigations – met with Jones in September for “three hours plus.” Martin also reportedly sent a letter requesting information from one of the plaintiffs in Jones’ defamation trials. On his show, Jones has repeatedly touted Martin as an insider source for potential legal actions by the administration, using his supposed conversations with Martin to preview indictments and other legal actions for his audience.

Jones has also repeatedly attacked Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who “reportedly admonished” Martin for attempting to help Jones with his trials. Jones has called for Blanche to be removed and suggested his continued presence in the administration is “political suicide” for Trump. 

  • Martin’s actions in multiple roles have come under scrutiny from the Justice Department

    • Ed Martin serves in the Trump administration in multiple roles, including as associate deputy attorney general, and he has played a role in the indictments of New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey. [CNN, 10/30/25]
    • According to The New Republic, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche encouraged a federal grand jury investigation into Martin over potential misconduct. The investigation, now under way, will consider whether “mortgage fraud charges against California Senator Adam Schiff and possibly New York Attorney General Letitia James were tainted by the methods of Martin and [Federal Housing Finance Director Bill] Pulte, who allegedly shared sensitive information with individuals who were not authorized to be part of the investigation.” ABC News reported that Martin may have “shared sensitive grand jury information about the James case with at least one unauthorized individual as well as worked with another person from outside the federal government to examine potential evidence in the Schiff and James probes.” [ABC News, 11/20/25; The New Republic, 11/21/25]

  • Alex Jones and Martin seem to have a longstanding relationship

    • Infowars founder Alex Jones says he’s known Martin for 20 years, and The Bulwark reported that on his show, he previewed Martin’s strategy to go after Comey and James using “process crimes” and “grand juries.” [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 6/3/25; The Bulwark, 11/25/25]
    • Martin also sent a letter with requests for information to an FBI agent who was awarded damages from defamatory claims Jones made about the Sandy Hook massacre. The Bulwark reported the letter was sent to the FBI agent the day after Alex Jones posted a picture of him and Martin on social media captioned “The Deep State is in DEEP SHIT!!!” Martin later withdrew his request after internal scrutiny from Blanche, who “reportedly admonished” Martin for sending the letter. [The Bulwark, 11/25/25] 

  • Jones has repeatedly praised Martin and boasted about their relationship, even calling for him to be made attorney general or “anti-deep state czar”

    • Jones said Republicans who voted against Martin’s confirmation as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia were “traitorous.” Jones accused the “deep state” of having “traitorous Republicans led by Sen. Thom Tillis.” [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 5/7/25]
    • In May, Jones attacked Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) for “trying to block Trump from getting people in like Ed Martin” and announced that the Trump administration “created a special office” for Martin to go after “corruption in the deep state and weaponization.” “They've now created a special office, with power, to go anywhere [Martin] wants in the country after corruption in the deep state and weaponization,” Jones said. [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 5/18/25] 
    • On Bannon’s War Room, Jones called on Trump to make Martin an “anti-deep state czar” and give Martin $20 billion to act “in a DOGE-like way, just go in, look at the files of all these globalists, all these deceivers, and just purge them.” Jones said Trump needs “a thousand Steve Bannons, a thousand Gen. Flynns, a thousand, you know, Ed Martins to put in all the key positions that don't play games.” [Real America’s Voice, War Room, 5/22/25] 
    • In June, Jones boasted about knowing Martin for two decades as he brought up his new role in the DOJ. He stated, “I broke this two and a half weeks ago, and I told you that Ed Martin is now the head pardon lawyer in the Justice Department and the head of this new anti-corruption, anti-government weaponization against the American people task force with a billion dollars in funding. And he's staffing his crew at breakneck speed right now. And he is fearless, and I've known him for 20 years." [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 6/3/25]
    • In July, Jones attributed “every major win” by the DOJ to Martin and suggested he should take over as attorney general if Pam Bondi ever leaves, calling him “the real deal.” He stated, “I'm just saying, constantly, every major win we have against the deep state, it turns out in the DOJ, it's Ed Martin. And I'll just say it: If Pam Bondi ever resigns or goes, Ed Martin should be the attorney general. And/or Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. …  I mean, I've known Ed Martin 20-plus years. … He is the real deal.” [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 7/25/25]
    • Jones claimed Trump bringing in Martin showed Trump “was serious about taking down the deep state.” He said, “I have said that if Trump was serious about taking down the deep state, he would bring in Ed Martin, which he did. I've known 25 years as super smart and super courageous because it's dangerous taking people on, to say the least.” [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 8/19/25]
    • In September, Jones posted a photo of himself with Martin, and said on his show that they met for “three hours plus” about “things being done to Infowars and the fake auction and the DOJ funding the attacks.” Jones also referenced instances where he “talked to [Martin] on the phone over the last few months” about “action” planned by the DOJ. [Twitter/X, 9/12/25; Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 9/14/25]
    • Jones later praised Martin’s “hard work” in investigating “how the DOJ funded” lawsuits and “ran propaganda” against Infowars. Jones stated, “That’s going to be interesting with Ed Martin’s task force. We appreciate his hard work. This is what his task force is against. Strikeforces. Government weaponization against citizens.” [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 9/24/25]

  • Jones has seemingly gotten inside scoops on investigations into Democrats, including Letitia James and James Comey

    • When Martin was appointed as special attorney for mortgage fraud, Jones bragged, “I told you Adam Schiff and Letitia James and Fani Willis will probably be the first indictments. … And I specifically told you, I just might have heard it would be Ed Martin.” Later in the show, Jones said, “Ed Martin is going to indict you. He was given over a billion dollars and 800 people. And for the last three months, he's been getting and vetting his 800 people. And now they coming after you like a pack of wild dogs.” [CNN, 10/30/25; Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 8/8/25, 8/8/25] 
    • In August, Jones teased that Martin had given him “incredible information” from Jack Smith's emails about supposed mass trials following the January 6 Capitol riot. He claimed, “Pelosi had all the troops put around the Capitol. And as I broke exclusively, and I'm going to give you the details tomorrow, Ed Martin told me it's incredible information they got out of Jack Smith's emails, you know, the former U.N. war crimes prosecutor, that they were going to set up in D.C. giant Soviet or Nazi-style show trials, trying thousands of people at a time and not even giving them due process." [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 8/24/25]
    • In a social media video, Jones said he had a 45-minute call with Martin, alleging that “the grand juries are open” and “they’ve already got a bunch of them, you know, clear-cut — on just clear-cut tax evasion.” Jones continued, “I’m going to go big with it in the morning, and say there, this, that, that, and I’m the source of it, and it’s directly to Ed Martin.” [Twitter/X, 8/24/25]
    • Jones teased that he was working with Martin on “how I was persecuted by the Democrats,” adding, “You’ll be hearing about that in the news very, very soon.” [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 9/20/25]
    • In October, Jones celebrated the indictments of Letitia James and James Comey, adding that “a lot more is coming thanks to Ed Martin and other people’s work getting these log jams out of the way.” He continued, “But if Trump can't protect people like Mike Lindell or yours truly, what message does that send to everyone when we deliver to the Justice Department all the documents of how this was done?” [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 10/14/25]

  • Jones has repeatedly attacked Todd Blanche over “gunning for Ed Martin” and not allowing Martin to communicate with Jones

    • In September, Jones said Blanche “killed” an “investigation into my persecution by the DOJ.” Apparently referring to Blanche, Jones complained, “I haven't addressed the DOJ launching an investigation into my persecution by the DOJ, which is what Ed Martin's job is, what Trump told him to do, and how the deputy director of the DOJ, the deputy AG, killed it and repudiated him for it.” [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 9/26/25]
    • In October, Jones claimed a “DOJ source” told him Blanche is “gunning for Ed Martin” and declared, “Blanche needs to be removed. Ed Martin needs to be put in if you want to save the country.” [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 10/7/25]
    • On The Tucker Carlson Show, Jones again claimed Blanche had forced Martin to end the investigation into Jones and “bragged about it all over the news.” Jones also claimed, “Todd Blanche, the deputy AG, calls up the news, chews out Ed Martin, says, End this investigation and pull this.” [YouTube, The Tucker Carlson Show, 10/13/25]
    • Amid reporting that Blanche was “encouraging” a grand jury investigation into Martin, Jones raged at Trump in November: “I am not going to aid you in your political suicide and my own destruction.” Addressing Trump, Jones said, “If you allow people like Todd Blanche to then persecute and prosecute your champions like Ed Martin and Pulte, I am not going to aid you in your political suicide and my own destruction.” He continued, “How you’re screwing this up, I have no idea.” [The New Republic, 11/21/25; Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 11/22/25] 
    • Jones claimed Blanche “got so mad at” Martin over the Infowars investigation that “he’s not allowed to talk to me right now.” He added, “Martin said correctly when we met on the phone, yeah, they think I'm behind everything. It's crazy. I get the blame and the credit for everything. I'm just one guy.” [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 11/24/25]
    • In a November 22 social media video, Jones said he spoke with Martin on the phone about Blanche. Jones said Martin gave “no comment,” but added, “I know Martin got told, you know, kill the investigations into what was done to Jones and, you know, don’t talk to Jones. And that’s from Blanche.” [Twitter/X, 11/22/25]