On podcasts, DC US attorney discussed investigating #Trump foes
*#Conservative* legal activist #EdMartin had conversations last year about potential targets for prosecution. Now he & #DOJ have power to bring cases.
In the 2 yrs before he became DC's top federal prosecutor, US Attorney Ed Martin publicly discussed investigating high-profile #Justice Dept officials who played a role in bringing charges against Trump & his allies.
#law #revenge
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/21/us-attorney-ed-martin-trump-prosecutor-podcast/
In scores of his personal podcasts from Aug 2023 to this Jan, #EdMartin amplified #Trump’s claims, not supported by available evidence, that charges against him were made to damage him politically, & that prosecutors may have violated federal criminal conspiracy laws, #DOJ policies or legal #ethics rules. The conversations on Martin’s Pro-America Report podcast & related radio show often revolved around Trump’s desire for “#retribution” against current or fmr dept prosecutors.
After one month in office, #EdMartin appears to be following through, taking actions that have alarmed lawyers inside & outside his office who say he’s leveraging the power of the #DOJ against political opponents & intimidating career prosecutors seen as insufficiently #loyal to #Trump. He fired prosecutors who investigated Trump as a part of special counsel #JackSmith’s team & who worked on #Jan6, 2021, Capitol #insurrection cases.
#EdMartin ordered the head of the #criminal division in his office to freeze the assets of a $20B #Biden climate change program w/o sufficient evidence of a crime, she…[resigned instead]. And he’s attempting to probe 2 Democratic lawmakers over critical remarks they directed at conservative #SCOTUS justices & billionaire #Trump adviser #ElonMusk.
