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DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says
Hat tip, Joe.My.God.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says
As Jeanine Pirro prepares to become U.S. attorney in D.C., Trump loyalist Ed Martin is taking over the Justice Department's effort to investigate Trump's investigators.
——— Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward Martin during an Anacostia Coordinating Council monthly meeting in Washington on March 25.Valerie Plesch / The Washington Post via Getty Images files
May 13, 2025, 4:54 PM EDT
By Ryan J. Reilly
WASHINGTON — The conservative activist named by President Donald Trump as the head of the Justice Department's "Weaponization Working Group" said Tuesday he planned to "name" and "shame" individuals the department determines it is unable to charge with crimes, in what would amount to a major departure from longstanding Justice Department protocols.
Ed Martin described himself at a press conference as the "captain" of the group that is investigating prosecutors who launched past investigations into Trump and his allies.
“There are some really bad actors, some people that did some really bad things to the American people. And if they can be charged, we’ll charge them. But if they can’t be charged, we will name them," Martin said. "And we will name them, and in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are ashamed. And that’s a fact. That’s the way things work. And so that’s, that’s how I believe the job operates.”
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DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says
As Jeanine Pirro prepares to become U.S. attorney in D.C., Trump loyalist Ed Martin is taking over the Justice Department's effort to investigate Trump's investigators.
——— Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward Martin during an Anacostia Coordinating Council monthly meeting in Washington on March 25.Valerie Plesch / The Washington Post via Getty Images files
May 13, 2025, 4:54 PM EDT
By Ryan J. Reilly
WASHINGTON — The conservative activist named by President Donald Trump as the head of the Justice Department's "Weaponization Working Group" said Tuesday he planned to "name" and "shame" individuals the department determines it is unable to charge with crimes, in what would amount to a major departure from longstanding Justice Department protocols.
Ed Martin described himself at a press conference as the "captain" of the group that is investigating prosecutors who launched past investigations into Trump and his allies.
“There are some really bad actors, some people that did some really bad things to the American people. And if they can be charged, we’ll charge them. But if they can’t be charged, we will name them," Martin said. "And we will name them, and in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are ashamed. And that’s a fact. That’s the way things work. And so that’s, that’s how I believe the job operates.”
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