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sop

(15,963 posts)
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 07:20 AM Aug 9

'Brutal Day On The Investigate The Investigators Front'

(TPM) "Attorney General Pam Bondi has appointed Ed Martin(!) as a special attorney to investigate trumped-up mortgage fraud allegations against New York Attorney General Letitia James via a Virginia grand jury and against Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) via a Maryland grand jury. Martin, unable to win confirmation by the Senate as D.C. U.S. attorney, was shifted over to head up the so-called 'Weaponization Working Group' at Main Justice. Now he has been imbued as a 'special attorney' with many of the same powers as a U.S. attorney, but who can roam freely without needing to be a resident of the judicial district in which he’s operating."

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/brutal-day-on-the-investigate-the-investigators-front

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LymphocyteLover

(8,719 posts)
2. JFC, just insane. I'm still surprised Senate Repubs didn't confirm Martin. Not sure why he was
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 08:52 AM
Aug 9

so much worse than every other Dump nominee.

Maybe he had personally pissed them off somehow.

sop

(15,963 posts)
3. The Senate confirmed Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia instead of Martin.
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 11:54 AM
Aug 9

sop

(15,963 posts)
5. For many reasons Martin was a bridge too far, even for Senate Republicans who confirmed the rest of Trump's picks.
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 08:07 AM
Aug 10

There had to be something really strange in his background.

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