New acting DC US Attorney vows to be Musk's personal enforcer - National Zero
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“It was good to work with the DOGE team this weekend. We must keep all our American government employees safe and we must protect the American people’s property. Anyone imperiling others violating our laws. I recognize that some of the staff at DOGE has been targeted publicly.” “At this time, I ask that you utilize me and my staff to assist in protecting the DOGE work and the DOGE workers. Any threats, confrontations, or other actions in any way that impact their work may break numerous laws. Let me assure you of this: we will pursue any and all legal action against anyone who impedes your work or threatens your people. We will not act like the previous administration who looked the other way as the Antifa and BLM rioters as well as thugs with guns trashed our capital city. We will protect DOGE and other workers no matter what,” writes Acting DC US Attorney Ed Martin in a very, […]
    • Tony BarkOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I don’t know. He’s just an “acting” attorney. Technically, not really official. Trump exploited that loophole in the latter half of his first term.

    • orclev@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Nothing you can do. Every office has some mechanism to remove someone, but in the vast majority of cases it’s impeachment and it needs to be done by congress… so you know has a snowballs chance in hell of happening. If Trump couldn’t manage to get convicted when he blatantly commits crimes no way they’re going to manage to pull their thumbs out of their collective asses long enough to save us from anyone else.