Let’s lay out what Washington observers right now are reporting. The evidence isn’t just concerning, it’s truly alarming that there’s an Ed Martin on the loose. The new Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia is a top federal prosecutor who promises to turn the law against anyone who tries to get in the way of attacks by Elon Musk.

His Most Damning Actions Yet:

• Dismissed Jan 6 cases against defendants he personally represented, while he was STILL LISTED as their defense counsel
• Used DOJ letterhead to threaten federal employees if they do their job and resist a breach of government data
• Advocated locking USAID employees out of their computers and blocked Congressional Democrats from entering the building
• Targeted career Treasury officials who raised security concerns about unauthorized access to payment systems controlling trillions of taxpayer dollars
• Filed court documents while “not in good standing” with the DC court

Martin Already Had More Red Flags Than a Chinese Military Parade:

• Cost Missouri taxpayers $2.5M in a wrongful termination scandal where he tried to cover up corruption by firing government staff investigating
• Present at Jan 6, he posted “nothing out of hand” when the American Capitol was breached with violence
• Led fraudulent election denial rallies, and yet is “reviewing” cases against his fellow “Stop the Steal” participants
• Fired career prosecutors for doing their job, after they professionally handled Jan 6 cases
• Fired from CNN after lashing out at Black journalists by calling them “Black racists” just for disagreeing with him
• Defended Roy Moore’s comments disgustingly praising slavery as America’s greatest era in history

The racist incidents are particularly relevant given his current role as U.S. Attorney for DC, a majority-minority city where he now wields significant prosecutorial power. It’s almost like his history of overt racism was why he was chosen.

Legal Experts Sound Major Alarms About Martin:

1. Comically Illegal Direct Conflicts of Interest
   • Martin dismissed charges against Padilla while still technically being Padilla’s defense attorney
   • Failed to get written consent as required by Missouri bar rules
   • Didn’t consult the office ethics lawyer before taking action
   • Claims of being “under the impression” he was off the cases don’t legally matter
   • Law professors say this is too obviously wrong to even make a good exam question
2. Professional Misjudgment
   • His responses focus on leaks being “personally insulting” rather than addressing the ethical breach
   • Attempted to minimize the conflict by noting the work was “pro bono”
   • Made public threats against government workers and political speech using official letterhead
3. Institutional Damage Worse Every Day
   • Firing of career prosecutors who handled Jan 6 cases
   • Apparent dismantling of traditional accountability mechanisms
   • Using prosecutorial power to benefit former clients

Why This Matters?

From Missouri to DC, Martin’s pattern is clear: threaten and fire officials who try to maintain legal guardrails, then abuse power for political ends. But now instead of fumbling email server security so badly his state governor is taken down, he’s threatening federal officials protecting trillion-dollar payment systems with an egregiously bad call likely to hurt all Americans.

Martin isn’t just repeating his known past troubles of corruption and abuse of power, he’s actively using federal prosecutorial power right now to protect political allies while threatening career civil servants.

He’s weaponizing the DOJ against the very government workers trying to maintain security protocols around our nation’s financial systems.

Institutional guardrails need to kick in immediately. However the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility – normally tasked with investigating such misconduct – has been gutted. This means state bar associations and Congressional oversight committees need to act immediately before more damage is done through obvious injustices.

This U.S. Attorney brazenly flaunts basic legal ethics while wielding prosecution power as a political weapon. Every day he remains in office sets a more dangerous precedent.

Remaining oversight authorities need to investigate him:

• The Missouri Bar Association regarding his license
• The DC Bar regarding his standing
• House and Senate Judiciary Committees
• DOJ Inspector General
• Federal prosecutors outside DC

The clock is ticking. Martin has shown us exactly who he is for years, and now it’s finally time for accountability if it exists at all.