In a move denounced by President-elect Donald Trump, U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves has charged more that 1,500 people for alleged crimes connected with the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill.

Yet Trump has apparently gotten the last laugh as the District of Columbia's top prosecutor recently revealed that he is quitting. 

Resignation to come four days before Trump takes office

According to the Washington Examiner, Graves announced his departure via a statement put out earlier this week, explaining that he will step down on January 16, 2025.

Graves declared that his time spent serving as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia had "been the honor of a lifetime."

He also expressed gratitude "to congresswoman Holmes Norton for recommending me, to President Biden for nominating me, and to Attorney General Garland for placing his trust in me."

Graves' resignation plan did not go unnoticed by Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who in a social media post called him "Biden and Garland’s top lieutenant in their war on their political enemies."

Greene insisted that Graves "never should have had the opportunity to resign" but instead "should have been impeached for politically persecuting J6ers, including non-violent grandmothers, while watching Washington DC (his responsibility) revert to a crime-ridden hell hole."

Trump has pledged to pardon January 6 defendants

What's more, it seems that much of Graves' efforts to put people in prison over the Capitol Hill disturbance are on the verge of being undone.

That's because the president-elect has repeatedly promised to pardon many of those whom the U.S. attorney has prosecuted.

As The Hill reported in September, Trump reiterated that pledge while speaking to reporters at a Wisconsin campaign rally.

"The moment we win, we will rapidly review the cases of every political prisoner unjustly victimized by the Harris regime, and I will sign their pardons on Day 1," he asserted.

Trump to NBC host: Pardons to come on "first day"

He once again spoke of pardoning January 6 defendants during a post-election interview with NBC host Kristen Welker.

President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to issue pardons for Jan. 6 defendants on his first day in the White House.

PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:
Yeah. I’m looking first day.

KRISTEN WELKER:
You’re going to issue these pardons?

PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:
These people have been… pic.twitter.com/G2VRuKOC8U

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) December 8, 2024

Trump told Welker that pardons would come on the "first day" before adding, "These people have been there, how long is it? Three, four years."