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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 12:38 PM Aug 18

'Ed Martin Confirms Ed Martin's Witch Hunt Against Elected Democrats' [View all]

(TPM) "A Classic Example of Political Corruption"

"Ed Martin had no prior experience as a prosecutor when he became acting D.C. U.S. attorney earlier this year. And it shows."

"Since his nomination to the permanent position was aborted because of lack of Senate GOP support, Martin has been triple-hatting at Main Justice as (i) U.S. pardon attorney; (ii) the chief of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s 'Weaponization Working Group' — the unintentionally revealing name of the outfit that’s charged with politicizing the Justice Department; and (iii) most recently as Bondi’s 'special attorney' overseeing the politically motivated mortgage fraud investigations of Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and New York Attorney General Letitia James."

"It was in that third role that Martin was apparently serving when he went on Fox News and admitted that he’s using the pretext of the clearly bogus mortgage fraud probes to conduct an open-ended witch hunt into Schiff and James. 'We’re also gonna look at everything else they’ve been doing,' Martin said on air:"

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/ed-martin-confirms-ed-martins-witch-hunt-against-elected-democrats

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