The article critiques the nomination of Ed Martin as the U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., highlighting his lack of experience and troubling actions since taking office. Notably, Martin sent a controversial letter assessing the legality of EPA fund distributions, which had been approved by Congress, after the former top criminal lawyer in his office resigned rather than support his claims. Martin's attempt to obtain a criminal warrant was rejected, illustrating his controversial influence over legal proceedings and the underlying issues in his approach to governance and legal ethics.
When the former top criminal lawyer in his office resigned rather than put her name on a bogus letter asserting that there was probable cause to believe that EPA funds were illegally distributed, Martin gamely sent it himself.
The supposedly 'illegal' distribution was in fact made pursuant to a $27 billion congressional allocation to set up 'green bank' funds to be loaned out to finance small and mid-size projects.
Interim U.S. attorney Ed Martin then personally submitted a seizure warrant application without any other prosecutors in his office that was rejected by a U.S. magistrate judge in D.C.
His knowledge of the First Amendment and legal ethics is scant. But he makes up for it with dogged malevolence.
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