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LetMyPeopleVote

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Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:58 AM Aug 20

'Even more than strange': Trump DOJ official called out on MSNBC for stalking NY AG's home

Looks to me like a conspiracy to intimidate a public official by another public official. This is much more than constituents heckling. This is federal officials intimidating.

https://www.rawstory.com/ed-martin-letitcia-james/

The head of the Department of Justice’s “weaponization” team was slammed on Wednesday morning for stalking the home of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ home last week.....

“Whether how seriously people take him or not, he has been given the investigative powers of the federal government to look into crimes,” he continued. “And for someone like that, in that position, with that extraordinary power, to simply show up at someone's home who he is investigating, there's no evidence yet he had a search warrant, there's no evidence that he had a subpoena with him that day.”

“But to only be there, essentially there having to be a New York Post photographer there who captured him there, we've seen footage that was obtained through a surveillance camera that showed him posing in front of the home and in sort of menacing the individual that he is investigating,” he added. “And it's part of a larger pattern by the Trump administration over the past two months in which they have essentially harnessed the vast intelligence-gathering and law enforcement powers of the federal government to tar the people they don't like, Donald Trump's perceived enemies, and to simply show up at someone's home as a federal investigator i just thought it was, you know, you know, the Trump era, we’ve obviously run out of adjectives, but I thought it was pretty extraordinary.”

“Michael, it sounds like the attorney general, Pam Bondi is not pleased with Mr. Martin's actions here,” he was asked by co-host Willie Geist.



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'Even more than strange': Trump DOJ official called out on MSNBC for stalking NY AG's home (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Aug 20 OP
Columbo wore his trench coat better Sanity Claws Aug 20 #1
And the bad toupee C_U_L8R Aug 20 #2
Top DOJ Official Ed Martin Posts Threatening Photo in Probe of Letitia James LetMyPeopleVote Aug 20 #3

Sanity Claws

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1. Columbo wore his trench coat better
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 12:21 PM
Aug 20

It is summer in NYC. Who the fuck would wear a trench coat when it is about 80 degrees?

LetMyPeopleVote

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3. Top DOJ Official Ed Martin Posts Threatening Photo in Probe of Letitia James
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 08:07 PM
Aug 20

Ed Martin, the Trump crony who heads the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) vague weaponization task force, posted a picture of himself outside the home of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), who he is investigating over flimsy mortgage fraud allegations. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2025-08-20T22:11:38.444Z

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ed-martin-letitia-james-home-photo-doj-investigation/

Ed Martin, the Trump crony who heads the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) vague weaponization task force, posted a picture of himself outside the home of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), who he is investigating over flimsy mortgage fraud allegations.

Martin posted the photo just days after he sent James’ attorney Abbe Lowell a letter asking that she resign from public office “as an act of good faith” or face further proceedings.

Attorney General Pam Bondi tapped Martin to investigate mortgage fraud allegations against James and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), two of President Donald Trump’s foremost political adversaries.

The DOJ’s investigations into Smith, James and several other of the president’s political opponents have reinforced fears that Trump and his political appointees are weaponizing the federal government as part of a retribution campaign against those who have attempted to hold him accountable.

Martin’s letter, photo shoot and his recent public comments on the James and Schiff investigations, too, appear wildly in violation of internal DOJ protocols and norms, which generally prohibit prosecutors from commenting on ongoing investigations in consideration of the privacy and reputations of uncharged parties like James and Schiff.
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