Friday Night Smackdown at the DOJ—Dozens of J6 Prosecutors Sent Packing, Plus an UPDATE on Sen. Schumer’s Threats

While we wait for Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi to hopefully be confirmed, Interim D.C. U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. is not sitting around sipping tea, and on late Friday afternoon, he axed about 30 federal prosecutors who worked on J6 cases over the last four years.

Different accounts are reporting different numbers, but at this hour, the Associated Press calls it “dozens” of personnel fired while the Washington Post reports “about 30.”

In any case, it’s a significant number:

Interim D.C. U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., on Friday dismissed about 30 federal prosecutors who have worked on Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot cases over the past four years, undertaking a housecleaning of the top prosecutor’s office in Washington, while preparing to extend the office’s scrutiny to top Democratic leaders and former Justice Department officials, people close to Martin said.

The prosecutors were on probationary status after being converted to full-time from shorter-term positions after Election Day under circumstances the Trump administration is investigating, according to documents from Martin and acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove that were emailed around 5 p.m. and viewed by The Washington Post.

The AP reports that the firings were made at the behest of acting Deputy AG Emil Bove.

Of course, those used to the old way of doing things quickly got their knickers in a twist:

…career prosecutors who have served under presidents of both parties say Martin is politicizing the office and potentially breaking with 50 years of Justice Department policy and practice intended to shield criminal prosecutions from political considerations.

They warn that an exodus of veteran prosecutors will threaten public safety and national security, leaving a more pliant institution that could enable Trump’s avowed desire to punish his foes in a second term.

The corruption of the justice system is exactly what these terminations are aimed at—digging out the rot that has infected the various bureaucracies. And it is not the first shot to be fired by the Republic saving Trump administration:

On January 21 [Martin] sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (C/G-NY) inquiring about Schumer’s incendiary comments aimed at the Supreme Court in 2020 when he appeared to call for violence against the justices.

Finally, due justice for incendiary speech?

WATCH:

Martin remembers, and he wants answers:

[Martin] … appeared to set his sights on scrutinizing the nation’s top elected [communist/globalist], sending what he called a ‘letter of inquiry’ to Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer [C/G-NY] about his quickly walked-back statement in a March 2020 rally that two of Trump’s recently nominated Supreme Court justices, Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh, would “pay the price” for a vote against abortion rights.

Martin wrote Schumer in his Jan. 21 letter obtained by The Post:

We take threats against public officials very seriously. I look forward to your cooperation.

Final thoughts: This is the “Hope and Change” our Constitutional Republic needs. God speed to the Trump-Vance team.

UPDATE:

The DOJ has launched an investigation into former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (C/G-NY) for his threatening remarks against conservative Supreme Court justices.

Schumer acknowledged he should not have made such threats, claiming:

[T]they didn’t come out the way I intended to. I’m from Brooklyn. We speak in a strong language. I shouldn’t have used the words I did, but in no way was I making a threat.

Despite this, Schumer declined to apologize for his comments.

Instead, the compromised Chief Justice John Roberts may have slightly spoken out on Schumer’s behalf:

Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous.