{"id":113191,"date":"2025-04-02T16:02:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T00:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/02\/adam-schiff-freezes-ed-martin-nomination-for-ayfkmrn\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T16:02:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T00:02:47","slug":"adam-schiff-freezes-ed-martin-nomination-for-ayfkmrn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/02\/adam-schiff-freezes-ed-martin-nomination-for-ayfkmrn\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Schiff Freezes Ed Martin Nomination For AYFKMRN?!?!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday, Senator Adam Schiff put a hold on the nomination of acting US Attorney for DC Ed Martin to hold the position personally. And the reason was \u2026 allll the reasons.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past nine weeks, Ed Martin has consistently undermined the independence and abused the power of the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office in DC \u2013 openly threatening and intimidating political opponents, dismissing charges against his own clients, firing public servants for their roles in legitimate investigations, and using his office as a cudgel to chill dissent and free speech,\u201d Schiff said in a statement<\/a> announcing the hold.<\/p>\n

Martin, a former \u201cStop the Steal\u201d protester who never prosecuted a case before being tapped to lead the biggest prosecutors shop in the country, keeps inventing new ways to be bad at his job. Whether he\u2019s menacing<\/a> Georgetown University for doing THE DEI, or sending harassing notes<\/a> to congressmen for mean words<\/a>, or vowing to protect<\/a> Elon Musk from unethical meanies, or getting laughed out of the room<\/a> by a federal magistrate for trying to get a warrant without probable cause, he\u2019s a maverick of batshittery. <\/p>\n

In the past month, he came up with three novel ways to abuse his office!<\/p>\n

First, he\u2019s got a spiffy new plan to withhold police misconduct reports from courts. <\/p>\n

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My Letter to the Blue<\/p>\n

DEFEND THE POLICE pic.twitter.com\/ufYsNOEZAi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 U.S. Attorney Ed Martin (@USAEdMartin) March 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

In a publicly posted letter to \u201cDear Blue,\u201d he announced that he is \u201crewriting our policy for our Lewis List\u201d to \u201cstand up in court against the \u2018public defender service\u2019 (PDS) and anyone who maligns our officers for sport or advantage unfairly.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the Washington Post reported<\/a>, this is a reference to the \u201cLewis<\/em> List\u201d of cops who are under investigation or have been found liable for misconduct. The list is functionally a \u201cDo Not Call\u201d list, since the misconduct or allegations must be disclosed for impeachment purposes under Brady<\/em>, as well as a 1979 DC Circuit ruling<\/a>. But Ed Martin seems to think that all that disclosure stuff is optional. (Or maybe he\u2019s never heard of it.)<\/p>\n

\u201cUSAO will no longer allow judges or others to gratuitously damage your careers because of the outsized impact of inexact characterizations,\u201d he blustered, ending with a promise to \u201cDEFEND THE POLICE. That\u2019s what this USAO will do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then the president put out the all-call for some more outside the box legal thinking. <\/p>\n

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Martin, who seems to think that his job is mostly about sending mean letters, hopped to it. According to the New York Times<\/a>, he\u2019s been sending queries to Bidenworld figures demanding details about pardons issued during the presidential transition period. This is part of a concerted effort<\/a> to attack the pardons on the theory that President Biden was too checked out and\/or signed them by autopen.<\/p>\n

And then Monday, he tweeted out a promise to investigate Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a firebrand Democrat from Texas, who dared to push a right-wing reporter\u2019s phone<\/a> out of her face.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/t.co\/EsljKJ62Ie<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/IHM2VfH66H<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 U.S. Attorney Ed Martin (@USAEdMartin) March 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

What a cool and fun way for the acting US Attorney for DC to learn about the Speech or Debate Clause!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s go now to Senator Schiff for comment:<\/p>\n

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He is unfit to serve as a lawyer, let alone one with the resources \u2013 and cover from the Senate \u2013 to further twist the power of the law and law enforcement to go after Americans who stand up for the rule of law and for our democracy.\u00a0 With all of the power I am afforded as a United States Senator, I intend to place a hold on his nomination and block attempts to jam through his appointment at every stage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ooooh, he\u2019s going to get such a nasty letter \u2026<\/p>\n

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Liz Dye<\/a>\u00a0lives in Baltimore where she produces the Law and Chaos\u00a0substack<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The post Adam Schiff Freezes Ed Martin Nomination For AYFKMRN?!?!<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday, Senator Adam Schiff put a hold on the nomination of acting US Attorney for DC Ed Martin to hold the position personally. And the reason was \u2026 allll the reasons.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past nine weeks, Ed Martin has consistently undermined the independence and abused the power of the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office in DC \u2013 openly threatening and intimidating political opponents, dismissing charges against his own clients, firing public servants for their roles in legitimate investigations, and using his office as a cudgel to chill dissent and free speech,\u201d Schiff said in a statement<\/a> announcing the hold.<\/p>\n

Martin, a former \u201cStop the Steal\u201d protester who never prosecuted a case before being tapped to lead the biggest prosecutors shop in the country, keeps inventing new ways to be bad at his job. Whether he\u2019s menacing<\/a> Georgetown University for doing THE DEI, or sending harassing notes<\/a> to congressmen for mean words<\/a>, or vowing to protect<\/a> Elon Musk from unethical meanies, or getting laughed out of the room<\/a> by a federal magistrate for trying to get a warrant without probable cause, he\u2019s a maverick of batshittery. <\/p>\n

In the past month, he came up with three novel ways to abuse his office!<\/p>\n

First, he\u2019s got a spiffy new plan to withhold police misconduct reports from courts. <\/p>\n

In a publicly posted letter to \u201cDear Blue,\u201d he announced that he is \u201crewriting our policy for our Lewis List\u201d to \u201cstand up in court against the \u2018public defender service\u2019 (PDS) and anyone who maligns our officers for sport or advantage unfairly.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the Washington Post reported<\/a>, this is a reference to the \u201cLewis<\/em> List\u201d of cops who are under investigation or have been found liable for misconduct. The list is functionally a \u201cDo Not Call\u201d list, since the misconduct or allegations must be disclosed for impeachment purposes under Brady<\/em>, as well as a 1979 DC Circuit ruling<\/a>. But Ed Martin seems to think that all that disclosure stuff is optional. (Or maybe he\u2019s never heard of it.)<\/p>\n

\u201cUSAO will no longer allow judges or others to gratuitously damage your careers because of the outsized impact of inexact characterizations,\u201d he blustered, ending with a promise to \u201cDEFEND THE POLICE. That\u2019s what this USAO will do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then the president put out the all-call for some more outside the box legal thinking. <\/p>\n

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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martin, who seems to think that his job is mostly about sending mean letters, hopped to it. According to the New York Times<\/a>, he\u2019s been sending queries to Bidenworld figures demanding details about pardons issued during the presidential transition period. This is part of a concerted effort<\/a> to attack the pardons on the theory that President Biden was too checked out and\/or signed them by autopen.<\/p>\n

And then Monday, he tweeted out a promise to investigate Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a firebrand Democrat from Texas, who dared to push a right-wing reporter\u2019s phone<\/a> out of her face.<\/p>\n

What a cool and fun way for the acting US Attorney for DC to learn about the Speech or Debate Clause!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s go now to Senator Schiff for comment:<\/p>\n

\n

He is unfit to serve as a lawyer, let alone one with the resources \u2013 and cover from the Senate \u2013 to further twist the power of the law and law enforcement to go after Americans who stand up for the rule of law and for our democracy.\u00a0 With all of the power I am afforded as a United States Senator, I intend to place a hold on his nomination and block attempts to jam through his appointment at every stage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ooooh, he\u2019s going to get such a nasty letter \u2026<\/p>\n

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Liz Dye<\/a>\u00a0lives in Baltimore where she produces the Law and Chaos\u00a0substack<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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