Probe of Trump's 'attack dog' may ensnare another MAGA ally: expert
New ethics charges filed against President Donald Trump's "attack dog" could expose another one of Trump's allies, according to one expert.
On Tuesday, the D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel formally accused Ed Martin, Trump's pardon attorney at the Department of Justice, of ethical violations over threatening letters he sent to Georgetown University's law school regarding its diversity policies. What Martin is being accused of in the letter could also apply to another one of Trump's favorite prosecutors, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in Washington, D.C., former federal prosecutor Harry Litman suggested during a new podcast interview.
Litman discussed Martin's ethical violations with Adam Klasfeld on a new episode of "All Rise News."
He argued that there are some similarities between Martin's case and some of Pirro's actions, such as trying to indict six sitting members of Congress for telling military members they don't have to follow illegal orders.
"On the one hand, the similarity is just the arrogance of it and the thinking, 'It doesn't matter what the law says; we have this sort of cloak of invulnerability,'" Litman said. "Even to this day, when courts rule against them, the immediate refrain is, 'You're not letting the president do what he was elected to do,' as if he was elected to violate the Constitution."
Litman also noted that another Trump ally, Attorney General Pam Bondi, appears to be aware of the inherent risks posed by the case against Martin. Bondi has proposed a rule requiring the DOJ to intervene in state disciplinary actions by the American Bar Association, which oversees legal licensure, The Hill reported.
Litman described the move as "hyper-aggressive."
"They have the criminal stuff covered; they hope they have the civil stuff covered with the Supreme Court; the last thing they have is Bar discipline," Litman said. "And the law says ... that state Bars can discipline you."
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