Wannabe
Gestapo
“Eagle”
Ed
Martin
is
making
a
name
for
himself
with
the
DOGE
Führer.
The
acting
head
of
the
US
Attorney’s
Office
in
DC
has
informed
the
president’s
biggest
donor
that
he
will
hunt
down
anyone
who
behaved
illegally
or
even
unethically
and
“chase
them
to
the
end
of
the
Earth.”
“Noone
is
above
the
law,”
he
preened
in
illiterate
ecstasy.
It’s
a
bizarre
flex
for
a
prosecutor
who
just
dismissed
a
case
against
his
“former”
client
—
although
he’d
failed
to
withdraw
his
appearance.
Presumably
Martin
will
not
be
chasing
himself
to
the
“end
of
the
Earth”
for
ethical
lapses.
But
Martin
isn’t
just
swearing
fealty
to
Musk
“via
X
only.”
He’s
also
threatening
Democratic
politicians
for
speech
he
doesn’t
like.
Here
he
is
shitposting
at
Rep.
Robert
Garcia
because
the
California
Congressman
had
the
temerity
to
say
on
TV
that
Americans
want
Democrats
to
“bring
actual
weapons
to
a
bar
fight.”
“This
sounds
to
some
like
a
threat
to
Mr.
Musk
–
an
appointed
representative
of
President
Donald
Trump
who
you
call
a
‘dick’
–
and
government
staff
who
work
for
him,”
Martin
blustered.
“Their
concerns
have
led
to
this
inquiry.”
(Private
prison
owners
must
be
salivating
at
the
prospect
of
arresting
everyone
who
calls
Elon
Musk
a
dick.)
Martin,
who
attended
the
protest
at
the
Capitol
on
January
6,
has
a
long
history
of
confusion
about
actual
threats.
At
2:57pm
on
January
6,
rioters
were
inside
both
chambers
of
Congress,
the
members
had
all
been
evacuated,
Ashli
Babbit
had
just
been
shot,
Vice
President
Pence
was
in
hiding,
and
the
crowd
was
demanding
that
police
hand
over
then-Speaker
Nancy
Pelosi.
But
Martin
wasn’t
done.
According
to
the
Washington
Post,
he’s
just
launched
Operation
Whirlwind,
so
named
for
an
ill-advised
comment
by
Senate
Minority
Leader
Chuck
Schumer
in
2020
warning
Justices
Gorsuch
and
Kavanaugh
that
“You
have
released
the
whirlwind
and
you
will
pay
the
price.
You
won’t
know
what
hit
you
if
you
go
forward
with
these
awful
decisions.”
Schumer
immediately
apologized
and
insisted
that
he
had
not
been
threatening
the
justices.
And
Trump
says
ten
menacing
things
online
before
breakfast.
Nonetheless,
Martin
sent
a
letter
to
Senator
Schumer
demanding
that
he
explain
himself,
and
then
followed
up
with
a
missive
to
all
staff
promising
to
“protect
DOGE.”
Surely
they’ll
get
right
on
that
after
they
get
through
investigating
their
own
colleagues
for
prosecuting
January
6
rioters.
The
staff
may
be
feeling
extra
anxious
this
week,
since
the
departure
of
Denise
Cheung,
a
24-year
DOJ
veteran
who
until
Tuesday
served
as head
of
the
criminal
division
at
the
DC
US
Attorney’s
Office.
Cheung
quit
rather
than
order
Citibank
to
freeze
$20
billion
of
EPA
funds
disbursed
during
the
Biden
administration
based
on
a
bullshit
demand
from
Emil
Bove
that
she
dummy
up
a
pretextual
criminal
investigation.
The
issue
appears
to
have
something
to
do
with
a
claim
by
EPA
administrator
Lee
Zeldin
that
the
Biden
administration
parked
$20
billion
of
gold
bars
with
a
“Stacey
Abrams’
Connected
Group.”
But
Cheung
was
not
convinced
that
there
was
probable
cause
to
seize
the
funds.
“When
I
explained
that
the
quantum
of
evidence
did
not
support
that
action,
you
stated
that
you
believed
that
there
was
sufficient
evidence,”
she
wrote
in
a
letter
obtained
by
Politico.
“I
still
do
not
believe
that
there
is
sufficient
evidence
to
issue
the
letter
you
described.”
All
of
this
may
look
to
an
outside
observer
like
an
office
careening
into
chaos
under
a
lawyer
with
all
the
understanding
of
the
First
Amendment
as
a
member
of
the
Schutzstaffel.
But
apparently
it’s
exactly
what
the
president
ordered,
since
he’s
now
nominated
Martin
to
head
the
office
permanently.
Earlier: Turning
Over
U.S.
Attorney’s
Office
To
Conspiracy
Theorist
Working
Out
As
Expected
Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.