""Eagle" Ed Martin, the Trump loyalist that even this Republican Senate found too incompetent to confirm when he sought to head the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C., has managed to find a new way to confirm that skepticism. Earlier this week, we heard that the DOJ relieved Ed of his tasks as the driving force behing the DOJ's anti-weaponization initiative - the ironically named group working to actively weaponize the DOJ against Trump's political enemies. Every accusation really is a confession, as they say."
"According to CNN, a DOJ review found Martin leaked grand jury material from the Trump administration's politically motivated investigations into Adam Schiff and Letitia James: The department found that Martin had shared the secret grand jury material in the Schiff case, one of the sources said. The person said Martin initially denied sharing the material with unauthorized people when asked by department leaders, but emails soon surfaced showing that Martin had in fact shared the grand jury material."
"Generally, we keep grand jury material secret for a reason. It protects investigative integrity and the rights of the accused. When prosecutors leak that material, it's at least contemptuous and at worst obstruction of justice. That's one of those actual crimes, not the made-up "somebody criticized Elon Musk" crimes Martin threatened people with during his tenure as interim D.C. U.S. Attorney."
Ed Martin was removed from his leadership role in the DOJ's anti-weaponization initiative after a department review found he shared secret grand jury material in the Schiff investigation. Martin initially denied sharing the material, but emails reportedly showed otherwise. Grand jury secrecy protects investigative integrity and defendants' rights, and leaking such material can amount to contempt or obstruction of justice. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche oversaw the review and reassigned Martin to pardon-related duties while stating there are no misconduct investigations and praising Martin's performance as Pardon Attorney.
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