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<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/politics/justice-department-rioter-weaponization.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/justice-department-rioter-weaponization.html</span></a></p><blockquote><p>Even in a Justice Department that has often been pressed into serving Mr. Trump’s political agenda, the appointment of Mr. Wise to the weaponization task force was a remarkable development. His selection meant that a man who had urged violence against police officers was now responsible for the department’s official effort to exact revenge against those who had tried to hold the rioters accountable.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jan6</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/impunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impunity</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/revisionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revisionism</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/jaredWise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jaredWise</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/edMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>edMartin</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/USDOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDOJ</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>During his time as interim <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> in February demoted several prosecutors involved in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> cases, including the attorney who served as chief of the Capitol Siege Section. Others demoted include 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> who helped secure <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeditiousConspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeditiousConspiracy</span></a> convictions against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OathKeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OathKeepers</span></a> founder <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StewartRhodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StewartRhodes</span></a> &amp; former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProudBoys</span></a> national chairman <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnriqueTarrio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnriqueTarrio</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliticalViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> is asking a judge to put <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a>-spitter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilySommer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilySommer</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jail</span></a> pretrial because she TWEETED at him on June 3 in violation of her conditions of release.</p><p>They also say additional assault charges &amp; maybe a stalking charge are possible.</p><p><a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25964408/sommerdetention.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">s3.documentcloud.org/documents</span><span class="invisible">/25964408/sommerdetention.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanDOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanDOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2116668/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2116668/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Judge ‘disappointed’ after Trump pardons union leader before sentencing <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AnaReyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnaReyes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CorporateManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateManagement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DavidSchertler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSchertler</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DCWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DCWire</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DistrictOfColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictOfColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FLStateWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLStateWire</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JamesCallahan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesCallahan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LawAndOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawAndOrder</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NYStateWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYStateWire</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonNews</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s comments come 6 days after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>'s new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> attorney, disgraced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a>, under investigation by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DCBar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DCBar</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> advocate, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> Jr., said on a podcast he would take a "hard look" at pardoning the men he called "victims just like January 6," when Trump supporters attacked the US Capitol while Congress met to certify the Nov 2020 election results.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kidnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kidnapping</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GretchenWhitmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GretchenWhitmer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliticalViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>President Donald Trump's highly controversial head of the Department of Justice's Office of the Pardon Attorney appeared to suggest on social media that all Trump supporters could be eligible for pardons.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IndictEdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndictEdMartin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pardons</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Pretty sure she’s thinking, “worth it.”</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> has charged Emily Sommer with assaulting former interim US attorney [now <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> pardon legal adviser &amp; currently under a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DCbar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DCbar</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> investigation] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a>, when she spit on him during a liveshot. </p><p>"Fuck you, Ed Martin. My name is Emily Gabriella SOMMER, and you are served," she said.</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.280796/gov.uscourts.dcd.280796.1.1_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.dcd.280796/gov.uscourts.dcd.280796.1.1_1.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
David J. Atkinson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> Talk about twisted minds. Someday, I hope to understand how people like <a href="https://c.im/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> got that way. Twisted values, twisted cognition, twisted behavior. Were they like this as kids? Was there some pivotal experience that sent them around the bend? Mind you, my interest is not out of any special compassion or belief they are redeemable; mountains of psych studies say there is little hope for that. Call it morbid curiosity. My preference is to lock them up or send them to Mars.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> said he knew that outing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> agents violated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a>, but didn't care:</p><p>“The system is stifling the truth from coming out because of some procedure.”</p><p>[the procedure is the law]</p><p>“We will name them. And we will name them &amp; in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are shamed.”</p><p>JFC talk about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Last night, in the lawsuit brought by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> agents who worked on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> investigations, seeking to prevent their names from being disclosed for fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> &amp; physical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremists</span></a>, the plaintiffs alerted Judge Cobb of the press conference by disgraced fmr acting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a>, current <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> Weaponization "captain" &amp; under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DCbar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DCbar</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> probe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> who pledged: "We will name them."</p><p><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25944249-51-notice-re-ed-martin/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">documentcloud.org/documents/25</span><span class="invisible">944249-51-notice-re-ed-martin/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Interim Washington <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> said in the letter sent to his staff on his last day on the job that he is under investigation by the DC Office of Disciplinary Counsel [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DCBar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DCBar</span></a>]. The office is in charge of investigating &amp; bringing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misconduct</span></a> proceedings against attorneys in the district.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> appointed *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a>* activist <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> to multiple <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> roles, after his nomination for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a>, failed. Martin's ties to Hale-Cusanelli played a key role in the collapse of his nomination to that role.</p><p>In Aug 2024, Martin praised Hale-Cusanelli as an "extraordinary man" &amp; "extraordinary leader" &amp; gave him an award for promoting "God, family &amp; country." (Martin also gave Ingrassia an award immediately after Hale-Cusanelli spoke)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p>Treason-loving scumbag lawyer <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> was spat on by a dog-walker during a live TV interview with a treason-loving scummy <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NewsMax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsMax</span></a> propagandist. Seems appropriate. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ed-martin-spat-at-on-live-tv_n_681dd8efe4b02fbba8e81824" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/ed-martin-s</span><span class="invisible">pat-at-on-live-tv_n_681dd8efe4b02fbba8e81824</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>🤦🏼‍♀️</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is strongly considering installing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> host &amp; fmr prosecutor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> as interim <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a>….</p><p>The potential selection comes as Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thurs that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a>, who is currently serving as DC's interim top prosecutor, would not be taking the position permanently after losing support among top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-eying-fox-news-host-jeanine-pirro-top/story?id=121604820" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/US/trump-eying-</span><span class="invisible">fox-news-host-jeanine-pirro-top/story?id=121604820</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2061267/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2061267/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump pulls nomination of Ed Martin for D.C. federal prosecutor <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a>:Politics <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BusinessNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldJTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldJTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LockheedMartinCorp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LockheedMartinCorp</span></a>. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
nomotime<p>Trump is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Withdrawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Withdrawing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nomination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nomination</span></a> to be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a> </p><p>“We have somebody else that will be great,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the status of Martin’s confirmation. He said it was disappointing, but “that’s the way it works sometime.”</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ed-martin-white-house-justice-department-thom-tillis-cecf801799faa2b56fd1bb4fac48379e" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/donald-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-ed-martin-white-house-justice-department-thom-tillis-cecf801799faa2b56fd1bb4fac48379e</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a>.0 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Addressing reporters, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> praised <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> &amp; expressed disappointment at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>’s refusal to advance his nomination.<br>
“I just want to say Ed is unbelievable. And hopefully we can bring him in too, whether it’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> or whatever, in some capacity,” Trump said in response to questions after a White House announcement on a trade agreement w/the UK. “We have somebody else that we’ll be announcing over the next 2 days who’s going to be great.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>For once, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IdiotInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IdiotInChief</span></a> listens to the editorial board of the WSJ:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said Thurs that he will replace interim <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a>, his embattled nominee to serve as the top prosecutor for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a>, after 15 tumultuous weeks in office marked by his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a> to investigate Trump’s perceived enemies &amp; firings &amp; demotions of career prosecutors who investigated Trump &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> insurrection.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Republican Senator Kills Controversial Trump Nominee’s Chances<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/194923/republican-senator-tillis-trump-nominee-ed-martin-dc-prosecutor" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/194923/re</span><span class="invisible">publican-senator-tillis-trump-nominee-ed-martin-dc-prosecutor</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MAGAPoison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAPoison</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThomTillis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThomTillis</span></a> (NC) said Tues he has told the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> WH he will oppose <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a>’s nomination to be the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a>, a potentially fatal blow to his already dicey confirmation chances.</p><p>Tillis spoke to reporters after meeting w/Martin on Monday night. Tillis, who is seeking reelection next year, previously signaled he had concerns w/Martin because of his comments related to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> &amp; his work defending those who took part.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/06/congress/thom-tillis-opposes-ed-martin-00330664" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/live-updates/2025</span><span class="invisible">/05/06/congress/thom-tillis-opposes-ed-martin-00330664</span></a></p>