Originally published at: The Untold Story Of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge—And Still Became A Top Trump Prosecutor - TPM – Talking Points Memo
This story first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The attacks on Judge John Barberis in the fall of 2016 appeared on his personal Facebook page. They impugned his ethics, criticized a recent ruling and…
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Only the best!
Yellow-rumped warbler, also known as ‘butter-butt’:
Not to be confused with ‘butter boy’:
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“Martin’s behavior, they said, was especially egregious because he was both a defendant in the case and a licensed attorney.”
Martin seems to have a penchant for playing both sides.
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So he is a “switch hitter”? Snicker, snicker…
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Wouldn’t surprise me.
Did this maniac cheat on his bar exam? He sure missed all the lessons about legal ethics. As in, he ain’t got any! (Apologies to Johnny Caspar.)
He probably had the sniffles that day.
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Martin got his law degree from St Louis University, a Jesuit founded school.
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So nice to have all Martin shit in one place. The only thing missing was that Martin tried, tried very hard, to separate Phyllis Schlafly from her kids.
My particular hate of Martin is because of him I have my Congresswoman Ann Wagner-R who lost to Martin for control of MO GOP.
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A decent lawyer making a decision - actually any decent human being - could just ask, “What would Ed Martin do?”
And then do the exact opposite.
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