Trump’s DC US Attorney Nom Targets House Dem, Expanding Effort To Stifle Trump Admin Criticism

Originally published at: Trump’s DC US Attorney Nom Targets House Dem, Expanding Effort To Stifle Trump Admin Criticism - TPM – Talking Points Memo

Acting Washington, D.C. U.S. attorney Ed Martin is escalating his psuedo-investigations of what he describes as purported threats to billionaire Elon Musk, the staff of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and other federal workers by now demanding information from a House Democrat. Martin has already targeted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as part of…

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But sure in the US there is no persecution of dissenters like in those communist regimes like China.

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What a bunch of snowflakes.

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Well, so much for that Democracy thing.

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Breaking:

Buh bye Mitch, you bastard.

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Good riddance to bad rubbish. If he would have had a spine, we would have had enough votes to remove the orange tumor from our body politic forever.

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What a fucking moron. Martin failed as a politician biggly in MO and he is on track to fail biggly in WDC. If Martin could read he would know that political speech is protected speech and that Schumer and Garcia are immune because of the Speech and Debate clause in the US Constitution. But Martin is a moron who could only pas the Bar exam in a backwater like MO.

Another Nazi snowflake with a paper asshole. He needs to go find a real job.

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“Martin has already targeted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as part of his supposed investigations into threats against public officials. The effort appears designed to smother freedom of speech and criticism of Musk …”

What is "public official Elon Musk title? And how much does he get paid by the public?

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And didn’t they just get up in front of a federal judge and state that Elon is not running DOGE?

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“We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”

Donald J. Trump, quote from January 6th, 2021

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May he have a good trip.

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DHS secretary wants to subject staffers to lie detector tests

Maybe Kristi Noem should suggest Donnie do the same??

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I know that “vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord”, but can the Lord give Martin the comeuppance he so richly deserves?

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And who actually hired him? Who signed off on giving Elon access to the whole federal gov’t?

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If you tell the truth you are fired.

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You know that DonOLD would break the machine.

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It would go “Full Tilt!”

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It would look like his signature.

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The Banana Republic investigations have started.

Where is your line in the sand?

Ideally somewhere before Democrats are led off to a firing squad.

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Not at all. He believes everything that spews from his mouth.

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