This is a dumb argument
Trump appointee Ed Martin claims executive privilege in bid to evade misconduct charges www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
— Ray Beckerman (@raybeckerman.bsky.social) 2026-04-08T21:06:48.212Z
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-ed-martin-washington-dc-misconduct-charges-defense/
Ed Martin, the hardline MAGA Republican serving as President Donald Trump’s pardon attorney, is attempting to claim executive privilege in a bid to evade misconduct charges from attorney ethics regulators in Washington, D.C.
In a wild new legal filing this week, Martin lashed out against the D.C. Disciplinary Counsel, which polices attorney misconduct in the nation’s capital, alleging that its ongoing ethics case against him violates Trump’s authority.
Martin’s astounding arguments appear to claim that the president and federal attorneys are indistinguishable and that any attempt to hold Department of Justice (DOJ) officials accountable for misconduct amounts to an unconstitutional attack on the president’s authority.....
Among them, Martin said he would argue in federal court that the Disciplinary Counsel’s probe violates Article II of the Constitution because the president and federal attorneys are, in essence, synonymous.
“The President’s exercise of his authorities under the Take Care Clause through his U.S. Attorneys cannot be interfered with or hobbled by harassing and pretextual enforcement actions,” Martin argued.
“The President of the United States is the client of all attorneys appointed pursuant to the President’s Article II authority, and every executive branch attorney is bound by the President’s decisions concerning the objectives of the representation defined by their respective appointments,” he continued.
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