Tag Archives: Ed Martin

The Washington Post reports: Hours before President Donald Trump announced U.S. missile strikes on Syria in response to a chemical attack that killed 90 civilians in April 2017, Ed Martin said on the Russian state television network RT America that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad might not be to blame. Instead, Martin told viewers, the situation was “engineered” in Washington “by …

CNN reports: Five former prosecutors who worked on criminal cases stemming from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are urging the disciplinary office governing lawyers in Washington, DC, to open an investigation into President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to be the district’s top prosecutor. The filing is the latest turn in the nomination of Ed Martin to …

Mother Jones reports: The Trump administration’s top prosecutor for Washington, DC, spoke last month at a Florida fundraiser, where he criticized the Justice Department’s prosecutions of people involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on Congress. The speech was attended by numerous January 6 defendants, including former members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia who are still appealing their seditious …

The New York Times reports: Ed Martin, the ardent Trump loyalist serving as interim U.S. attorney in Washington, is pursuing an inquiry into whether former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was competent to pardon his family members and others during his final days in office. The inquiry, which includes previously unreported letters to Mr. Biden’s family and former White House …

NBC News reports: The U.S. Attorney’s for the District of Columbia has dropped an assault case against Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys member who was serving 22 years in federal prison following his conviction of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol until Trump granted him clemency on his first day in office. Tarrio …

The Washington Post reports: Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin demanded that the dean of Georgetown Law School end all diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the school, asserting in a letter that his office will not consider hiring anyone affiliated with a university that utilizes DEI. The warning was delivered in a letter dated Feb. 17 to William M. …

The Daily Beast reports: The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. declined to sign an arrest warrant sent to them by local police for a Republican congressman who happens to be an ally of President Donald Trump, according to a new report. Florida Rep. Cory Mills is under investigation for an alleged assault against a 27-year-old woman in D.C.—though questions have …

“I’m concerned with this because I want to see President Trump victorious. Distractions are the enemy. Yesterday, it was Edward Martin, the US attorney for the District Of Columbia. “He put out a statement, quote, ‘as President Trump’s lawyers, we are proud to fight to protect his leadership as our president, and we are vigilant in standing against entities like …

Axios reports: The White House asked a judge Monday to allow it to continue barring the Associated Press from some press events, arguing in a new court filing that access to the president is at his discretion and not a constitutional right. Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., falsely referred to his office as “President Trump’s lawyers” in …

TechDirt reports: The Trump DOJ retribution tour has begun, as Ed Martin, Trump’s interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia, launches a series of politically motivated investigations targeting critics of Trump and Elon Musk. Martin, a former talk radio host and “Stop the Steal” supporter with no prosecutorial experience, is transforming what should be an independent office into what …

Politico reports: Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia vowed Thursday that he would not be “silenced” after receiving a letter from the Department of Justice demanding he explain remarks critical of Elon Musk. In a post on X, Garcia shared the letter he received from Ed Martin [photo], the top federal prosecutor in Washington, who has repeatedly threatened to investigate President Donald …

The Associated Press reports: Conservative activist Ed Martin, who echoed Donald Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen 2020 election and defended Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rioters, was nominated by the president on Monday to be the top federal prosecutor in Washington on a permanent basis. Martin had been serving as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia on an …

The New York Times reports: For years, journalists have written about the social media posts of government employees to help reveal the positions, motivations and actions of public officials. But when a journalist recently trained that same lens on Elon Musk’s new government efficiency program, the billionaire suggested that the reporting might be illegal, joining other powerful figures connected to …

Newsweek reports: The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. sent a letter Friday saying his office is conducting an “inquiry” into people who were referred to him by Elon Musk, who oversees the Department of Government Efficiency. Martin said in his letter that his office will “chase” people to “the end of the Earth to hold them accountable,” even if …

Rolling Stone reports: As a cabal of Elon Musk flunkies works around the clock to infiltrate and sabotage various federal agencies on behalf of President Donald Trump, the world’s richest man — just named a special government employee — is warning along with Washington allies that the consequences for publicly naming these staffers may be severe. On Monday, a key …

First, a reminder about this guy: Interim D.C. U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., on Friday dismissed about 30 federal prosecutors who have worked on Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot cases over the past four years, undertaking a housecleaning of the top prosecutor’s office in Washington, while preparing to extend the office’s scrutiny to top Democratic leaders and former Justice …

CNN reports: As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters’ attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges and successful convictions of January 6 rioters was removed from the Department of Justice’s website. The searchable database served as an easily accessible repository of all cases prosecuted by the …

NBC News reports: A conservative activist who has been on the board of a group supporting Jan. 6 defendants has been named interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., the position that has overseen the hundreds of cases brought in the Capitol siege investigation. Ed Martin will be the interim chief, Trump Justice Department official Chad Gilmartin told NBC News. Martin …

CNN reports: Trump has chosen Ed Martin, a hardline, socially conservative activist and commentator, to serve as the next chief of staff at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As CNN first reported in July, Martin has publicly advocated for a national abortion ban without exceptions for rape or incest and has raised imposing criminal penalties on women and …

NBC News reports: The Republican National Committee has hired a prominent supporter of the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” movement, who has since fueled conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, to help craft its 2024 party platform. Ed Martin, a former chair of the Missouri Republican Party, was a major proponent of former President Donald Trump’s …