This guy Ed Martin is a real monster. And he has a direct line to the president:
A series of investigations into some of President Donald Trump’s political adversaries run by “Stop the Steal” organizer turned Justice Department “special attorney” Edward Martin is being conducted outside the normal DOJ chain of command with regular input from the president himself, The Independent has learned.
The GOP activist attorney, who simultaneously serves as the U.S. Pardon Attorney, head of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “Weaponization Working Group,” and as a “Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud,” has become the tip of the spear in the president’s campaign of retribution with the aid of fellow administration official Bill Pulte.
Pulte, the 37-year-old ex-private equity executive and Trump campaign donor turned federal mortgage regulator, has been lobbing attacks against prominent Democrats, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, California senator Adam Schiff and Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook. Pulte has referred all three to the department for investigation and prosecution, and Martin has picked up the baton with gusto while remaining in constant contact with Trump, speaking with him by phone multiple times a week.
Each of the accused has strenuously denied any wrongdoing, and none of the officials targeted by Pulte and the Trump administration have been charged with any crime. But Trump, who has taken a more active interest in the inner workings of the Justice Department than any president since Richard Nixon, is hoping Martin will change that by finally putting his adversaries in handcuffs.
Despite a marked lack of experience in the nuts and bolts of prosecuting criminals in the federal court system, Martin is actively preparing to ask for felony indictments against the Democratic officials — and is doing so without the normal support of the DOJ hierarchy.
According to the article, the number two in the DOJ Todd Blanche isn’t happy because Martin is going above his head and is a crackpot who doesn’t know what he’s doing. He’s afraid he’ll fail in court Trump doesn’t care:
Yet despite going so far as to make his case in person at the White House while meeting with top brass last Friday, Blanche’s concerns have largely fallen on deaf ears, the official said, because Trump sees Martin as a “fighter” who will do what so many “respectable” DOJ appointees failed to do during his first term — prosecute Democrats.
To that end, Trump has been bypassing Blanche — and occasionally reaching past Attorney General Pam Bondi — by regularly telephoning Martin for updates on his work, leaving Blanche “frustrated and annoyed,” according to one source familiar with the matter. The Independent understands that these calls can come as often as three to four times per week, with Trump urging Martin to move forward.
When he isn’t redecorating the White House, overthrowing the Federal Reserve and deciding on the musical guests at the Kennedy center, he’s orchestrating this vengeance plot against his enemies.
This is what the Federalist Society and the Supreme Court majority have done by rigidly following their shallow, unamerican dogma that a president must have all the power of a king and suffer no accountability for his crimes, even in the face of a worst case scenario like Donald Trump. His legal henchman Martin will likewise suffer no consequences for any of this. Trump has probably already written his pardon.