Rep. Jamie Raskin calls on IG to act re U.S. Attorney Ed Martin abuses

 

Rep. Jamie Raskin calls on IG to act re U.S. Attorney Ed Martin abuses 

In a March 12 letter to Justice Department Inspector General  Michael Horowitz Congressman Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee reports on the misconduct of  Ed Martin acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

The letter begins:

I write to request that the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) immediately open an investigation into several recent actions by Edward R. Martin, Jr., the Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, that appear to violate the Constitution, federal statutes, DOJ regulations, and rules of legal ethics. 

 As detailed below, since taking office, Mr. Martin has used his office to illegally attack critics and perceived enemies of the Trump Administration while endangering the public safety of the citizens of and visitors to our nation’s capital. Mr. Martin has already fired over a dozen career federal prosecutors assigned to prosecuting violent crimes in Washington, D.C., simply because they had worked on the investigations of the massive lawless attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021—an attack Mr. Martin was personally involved in and publicly supported and praised.1 

In addition to firing the January 6th prosecutors, Mr. Martin has demoted senior career leaders within the office to entry-level positions, including the leaders of the office responsible for prosecuting violent crimes and firearms offenses in Washington, D.C., also almost certainly on the basis of political retribution and revenge for doing their jobs.2