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Former D.C. U.S. attorney nominee revealed he faces a legal disciplinary review in an all-office goodbye email, while claiming his confidentiality was violated.
By Spencer S. Hsu
May 15, 2025 at 12:08 p.m. EDT
Justice Department official Ed Martin, whose nomination to serve as U.S. attorney in D.C. stalled in the Senate, is under investigation by an ethics office that handles attorney discipline in Washington, he said in an office-wide
goodbye email Wednesday.
On his last day as interim U.S. attorney before heading to the Justice Department, Martin alerted his office’s roughly 350 attorneys and 400 staff members to the matter while claiming his confidentiality had been violated. Martin alleged that the legal ethics office, called the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, had inappropriately notified a unit of his U.S. attorney’s office of the probe.
Martin identified the case number, 2025-D047, but not the specific allegations against him. Democratic lawmakers and groups have accused Martin of abusing his power, seeking the suspension of his law license or other penalties. In complaints lodged with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel’s chief, Hamilton P.
“Phil” Fox, they alleged that Martin has used the threat of prosecution to intimidate and chill the speech of perceived adversaries such as lawmakers, protesters, journalists, medical journals and others he said opposed the agendas
of President Donald Trump or billionaire adviser Elon Musk, even in instances when they did not commit a crime but “acted simply unethically.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/15/ed-martin-dc-ethics-investigation/
Who gives a fuck if this corrupt shitbag's "confidentiality" was violated? Martin was stomping all over the rights of his politically chosen targets.
Ed Martin doesn't merely need to be disbarred — he belongs in prison.
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