In a co-authored op-ed for The Hill, Fordham Law Professor Bruce Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, argues why Ed Martin, Trump’s top D.C. prosecutor, should not be allowed to prosecute defense attorneys he once opposed.
A newly-appointed U.S. attorney is putting an unfortunate twist on the satirist Juvenal’s ancient question: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” — “Who will guard the guards themselves?”
Edward R. Martin, Jr., became the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. after previously defending many Jan. 6 protestors. Within hours of his appointment, Martin opened an investigation into whether his office, under Biden-era leadership, engaged in misconduct in prosecuting the Jan. 6 cases, many involving crimes of violence against police officers.
His view is that federal prosecutors overcharged the cases, and he seeks to ascertain whether the prosecutors were improperly politically motivated to do so.
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Martin’s decision to initiate and oversee the investigation of his predecessor’s work, rather than to refer the matter to the Department of Justice officials responsible for investigating prosecutorial misconduct, is troubling in several respects.
Read “Ed Martin is the wrong person to investigate Biden-era prosecutors” in The Hill.
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