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In Pursuing Trump Rival, Weaponization Czar Sidesteps Justice Dept. Norms
Edward R. Martin Jr. did not waste any time. Days after Mr. Martin, a Trump-aligned activist, was tapped by the Justice Department to investigate the New York attorney general, Letitia James, he wrote a letter to her lawyer saying he would take it as an act of “good faith” if she were to resign.Mr. Martin followed up this breach of prosecutorial protocol by showing up outside Ms. James’s Brooklyn home, clad in a trench coat and posing for pictures for The New York Post.
While he told an inquiring neighbor that he was “just looking at houses, interesting houses,” Mr. Martin later appeared on Fox News saying that, as a prosecutor, he wanted to see the property with his own eyes. It was the latest in a string of media appearances he made in relation to his investigation of Ms. James, one of Mr. Trump’s most prominent adversaries.
Each of Mr. Martin’s actions violates Justice Department rules and norms: Prosecutors are barred from making investigative decisions based on politics; they are asked not to comment on specific cases; and they are supposed to avoid turning their investigations into public spectacles.
The request that Ms. James resign is particularly unusual because it appears the Justice Department is trying to harness its criminal powers to accomplish one of Mr. Trump’s political goals.
It's gotten to the point when pointing out violations of rules and protocol borders on quaint when it comes to this government. Because it's a given it has no regard for them. If it did, Ed Martin would not have been within 1,000 miles of a job with the DoJ. Unfortunately, this government's leadership has instilled a culture of corruption from top to bottom.
This is the kind of behavior that disgraces not only the DoJ but all of us as citizens who have the right to expect better from government officials. Officials who possess enormous power and are therefore entrusted not to abuse it. But when they do we also have the right to expect they'll be disciplined. Not in this government. In this government such behavior is encouraged and rewarded.
Ed Martin shouldn't be a member of the DoJ and he shouldn't be allowed to retain a license to practice law. Both of which explain why he fits seamlessly with Team trump.
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