The more I hear about people in the DOJ, the more disgusted I get. The slanted RWNJ “attorneys” are nothing more than glory hounds. They don’t do their actual jobs. They just talk. And talk. What is wrong with these people??!! From CNN:
Since the beginning of the investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department weaponization chief, has taken several unusual steps that fall outside the norms of prosecutorial conduct. He sent a letter to James’s attorney Abbe Lowell on August 12 suggesting New York’s top law enforcement officer resign, he appeared outside of James’ home with a colleague trailed by a photographer for the New York Post, and appeared on Fox News pledging to take an expansive look into all of James’s conduct.
He went to her home and took pictures. What the hell does that have to do with an investigation? I don’t see the point except for personal attention. “Look. I’m in pictures!” “Look, I know where she lives!” So? It’s pointless. Someone needs to go pontificate and take pictures in front of his residence, except he’d like it. Ridiculous.
The conduct is “outside the bounds of DOJ and ethics rules,” James’s attorney Abbe Lowell said in a response to Martin. Justice Department policy generally prohibits discussing criminal investigations publicly, and attorneys are not supposed to pursue investigations for political means or to go on fishing expeditions. DOJ declined to comment for this story. Martin, a ring-wing firebrand who pushed a retribution agenda that caught Trump’s attention, holds four titles at the Justice Department: US Pardon Attorney, Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and director of the Weaponization Working Group.
Weaponization Working Group. Isn’t that backwards? Trump is always complaining about weaponization. But now there is a group that sounds like it’s going to be DOING that very thing IN the DOJ. Geesh! RWNJ’s rejoice! You could probably get a job there. It seems like just the sort of thing Martin and so many others enjoy doing.
“Were there any doubts as to your political retributive mission, you erased them in your first statements about your appointment when you stated that your assignment is to ‘stick the landing.’ A responsible and credible federal prosecutor is not a pommel horse gymnast,” Lowell wrote. Lowell has said the investigations are on “baseless and long-discredited allegations.”
There’s so much more to this. This is just a tiny piece of the picture. I don’t know how this guy has stayed *out* of the news so much, because he does a lot of stupid stuff. I can’t think of one good thing about him. Martin is a waste of air and space. He needs to go away.
Friends, I know everybody begs you for money. I promise you that of all of the outlets bugging you for spare change, we are the smallest and the hardest working. We’re a bunch of old, disabled people, with the exception of one writer in his mid-50s. But the rest of us are in our sixties and seventies, and this is a labor of love. All we’re asking for is the ability to keep going in our quest to tell the truth about Trump and see democracy survive. If you can help, please do. Thanks. Ursula
Hmm. Think Ms James could make a case for having the guy arrested for *stalking*? What about “criminal intimidation?” I’m not a lawyer but I’m sure Martin’s behavior is breaking a couple of laws, if only in the spirit of the law. At the very least, I’d think his law license could/should come under investigation.
A guy like Martin will keep pushing the boundaries until something really bad happens (like some RWNJ MAGAt will try to do more than walk around outside James’ house). Then they’ll get rid of him.