Trump’s New Weaponization Czar Ed Martin Unleashes Hell on Deep State — Quietly Investigates Russiagate Architects and Lawfare Operatives Including WeissmannHoly Shit Batman

by Jim Hᴏft May. 10, 2025 4:20

President Donald Trump has appointed Ed Martin as the head of the newly formed Justice Department Weaponization Working Group — a move that has Democrats, NeverTrumpers, and deep state operatives sweating bullets.

“Ed Martin has done an AMAZING job as interim U.S. Attorney, and will be moving to the Department of Justice as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“In these highly important roles, Ed will make sure we finally investigate the Weaponization of our Government under the Biden Regime, and provide much needed Justice for its victims. Congratulations Ed!”

Martin—whose nomination as interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. was sabotaged by spineless Senate Republicans, led by RINO Thom Tillis—is now spearheading the crackdown on the very swamp creatures behind the Russia collusion hoax.

These are the same bad actors who weaponized federal power to persecute political opponents and twisted the justice system into a partisan hit machine.

“There was no limit to the weaponization,” Martin told The New York Post. “So there may be no limit to the targets.”

“It’s a nationwide and frankly, international docket where the government was used against the citizens, where the government was weaponized,” he added.

“Sometimes there’ll be crimes involved, in which case we’ll prosecute. Sometimes there’ll be just the need to make clear this is not how it’s supposed to go.”

While the Senate was busy playing games, Martin was already wielding his authority behind the scenes.

As interim U.S. attorney, he demoted multiple prosecutors involved in the politically charged January 6th cases and began launching fresh inquiries into Russiagate actors.

Mueller’s infamous “pitbull,” Andrew Weissmann; DOJ insider Mary McCord; and disgraced former FBI counterintelligence chief Charles McGonigal, who is now serving a prison sentence for colluding with sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska—were all key players in the Trump-Russia saga.

More from the New York Post:

Just last week, Martin’s office fired off an email to McGonigal’s attorney, asking for an interview with him over “information [that] has come to the attention of my office,” according to a copy of the letter first seen by The Post.

Based on the letter, it is not clear what Martin’s team unearthed about McGonigal, who is now ironically serving out a 78-month sentence for colluding with a Russian oligarch to evade US sanctions andconcealing information from the feds about how he received $225,000 from someone linked to the Albanian government.[…]

Perhaps the most high-profile known target Martin pursued is Weissman, who was the top lieutenant of the Mueller probe and is now an MSNBC legal analyst.

In March,Martin raised conflict of interest concerns against Weissman over his role in signing off on a settlement of up to $4.5 billion in a foreign bribery caserevolving around Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht while serving as chief of the Criminal Fraud Section of the Justice Department in 2016.

Martin pointed out that Weissman worked for the Jenner & Block law firm before leading the DOJ’s Criminal Fraud Section.

Jenner & Block represented Canadian private equity firm Brookfield Asset Management, which seemingly took advantage of the fallout from the bribery case and purchased a 57% stake from Odebrecht in Peruvian toll road authority Rutas de Lima in 2016.

Mike Davis, founder and president of the Article III Project (A3P), lit up social media with a fiery post on X that was retweeted by Ed Martin himself, stating, “Lawyer up, Lawfare Democrats. Justice is coming. Nobody is above the law. * Weaponization czar Ed Martin quietly probed Russiagate foes for months, teases ‘No limit to the targets'”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/trumps-new-weaponization-czar-ed-martin-unleashes-hell/

Todd Blanche, D John Sauer and Ed Martin are Very Serious People

May 10, 2025 | Sundance1/2

Deputy U.S Attorney General Todd Blanche, United States Solicitor General D. John Sauer, and Dept of Justice Investigative Lead, Attorney Ed Martin, are very serious people in Main Justice.

The deliberate nature of the trio recently resulted in the Senate division of the weaponized DC system, rejecting the nomination of Ed Martin to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington DC. The need for control is a reaction to fear. Apparently, the DeceptiCons were fraught.

DAG Blanche coordinates and prioritizes the day-to-day USAO office activity around the country.Blanche is the general in charge of eliminating Lawfare efforts. Solicitor GeneralSauer faces the Supreme Court. Sauer is the general in charge of framing the arguments from Blanchethat reach the court. Meanwhile,DC USAO Martin, now with position changed to Presidential Appointment Martin in charge of investigating weaponized justice efforts, is the lead investigator on all enmeshed corruption within Washington DC.

Blanche, Sauer and Martin are serious and purposefully driven men.

In our discussions and outlines CTH does not trade in hopium, nor do we promote the popular albeit nonsensical and futile anticorruption efforts favored by most high-profile media types. The reality of the DC silo system is not easily understood, and that is entirely by design. High profiles may generate headlines, but do not generate adequate results as increasingly evidenced by AG Bondi, Director Patel and Deputy Bongino, all performers.

As the Washington DC USAO, Ed Martin was in position to address the known and documented activity of a variety of former DOJ officials. There’s a strong argument to be made that’s the reason why the DOJ’s corrupt allies in congress moved to eliminate the threat Martin represented. However, their collective result didn’t remove him, nor did it change the objective, it just changed Mr Martin’s title.

Whereas Washington DC USAO Ed Martin previously carried the authority of the Attorney General, in the changed dynamicspecial appointee ADAG Ed Martin now carries the authority of the President of the United States. A serendipitous outcome.

♦ Because there is so much confusion, a little background context is needed. You see, you might remember former Special Prosecutor John Durham who was appointed by former Attorney General Bill Barr. During his review of all ‘Russiagate’ matters, John Durham was never permitted to investigate anyone inside govt.

John Durham was given a very specific task and very specific guardrails he was not allowed to cross or touch. The guardrails are what created the outcome. The guardrails were put into place by AG Bill when he officiallyappointed him in October 19, 2020; five months after the initial request to begin review.

Politicians, political staff, members of the Obama administration, political appointees and any federal govt employee within any agency were off limits to Durham. During a conversation on August 18, 2020, Durham’s lead investigator Bill Aldenberg first admitted the limitations. No-one inside government could be investigated.

But FBI Agent Kevin Clinesmith, you say?

Great question.

Kevin Clinesmith, the FBI official who fabricated a CIA email to support the FISA application used against Carter Page, was an OIG criminal referral to Bill Barr and Main Justice from the DOJ Inspector General investigation into the Page FISA construct.

The IG referral by Michael Horowitz preceded John Durham’s appointment and was handed to Durham by AG Barr while being told the Clinesmith case would provide cover for the guardrails. In essence, Clinesmith would give the appearance that people inside govt were being held accountable by Main Justice through the John Durham special counsel. This was the intention of Bill Barr.

It was all a farce. The effect of Barr’s approach was to throw off, water down and diffuse criticism from President Trump for inaction by the DOJ about the fraudulent Crossfire Hurricane targeting operation. In essence, Bill Barr gave John Durham the Clinesmith case as a cover operation to protect govt officials.

To be fair, and in defense of his friend, John Durham would likely take issue with my characterization of his probe, yet he would admit the gist of his conversation with Barr (as relayed above) is essentially accurate.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/05/10/todd-blanche-d-john-sauer-and-ed-martin-are-very-serious-people/

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Durham readily admitted his purview was limited to non-governmental participants. No one inside govt or the executive branch was ever investigated directly. Yes, their misconduct surfaced as an outcome of their contacts with Perkins Coie (one example), but those trails were never allowed to be followed.

Given the passage of time, this background is generally a moot point; I am only sharing it again for the sake of clarity.The key point is that govt participants were never investigated by John Durham, and a full accounting of the corrupt players was never made public.

♦ Now, back to the matter at hand.

WASHINGTON DC – […]Martin has spent months leveraging his perch as top federal DC prosecutor and quietly operating as a tip of the spear in the administration’s war against Russiagate villains, Capitol riot prosecutions and lawfare, The Post has learned.

Now that his responsibilities have been sharpened, Martin anticipates there “may be no limit to the targets” the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group will pursue under his watch, since there “was no limit to the weaponization.”

“It’s a nationwide and frankly, international docket where the government was used against the citizens, where the government was weaponized,” Martin told The Post about his plans for the weaponization working group. “Sometimes there’ll be crimes involved, in which case we’ll prosecute. Sometimes there’ll be just the need to make clear this is not how it’s supposed to go.”Shortly after Trump tapped him as interim US attorney for the District of Columbia, a post that expires on May 20, Martin quickly demoted over half a dozen prosecutors involved with Capitol riot cases and fired off investigatory letters to key Russiagate actors.

This includes Andrew Weissman, the Mueller probe “pitbull;” Mary McCord, who oversaw DOJ’s sprawling probe into possible Trump-Russia ties; Aaron Zelinsky, another Mueller probe prosecutor; and Charles McGonigal, a former FBI special agent in charge who also worked on the Russia probe of the Trump campaign.

[…] The DOJ’s Weaponization Working Group was established in February by Attorney General Pam Bondi in response to an executive order from Trump to root out remnants of lawfare and hold key perpetrators accountable.

Martin was an early member of the group, and now, as its leader, he will report to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. He has also been tapped to serve as pardon attorney.

“The truth is important, and we need it,” Martin reflected about his new role. “We need to move forward. But then, after the truth is known, we need to hold those accountable that did the wrongdoing, and we need to also help those who are victims. We have both of those obligations.” (link)

We deserve an honest reckoning for what took place.

The value of investigating “what took place” is not to gain any indictment for the participants; indeed, the statute of limitations has long expired; the optimal value within the investigation itself is to knock all those DC creatures off their high-horse and face the full fury of the public.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant!

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/05/10/todd-blanche-d-john-sauer-and-ed-martin-are-very-serious-people/

Sitting Congressman Reveals Secret Underground Tunnel Beneath U.S. Capitol — Claims There are Still Hidden Network of Passageways Still Unknown to Public(VIDEO)

by Jim Hᴏft May. 10, 2025 8:40 pm

Congressman Tim Moore (R-NC) has revealed a clandestine network of underground tunnels beneath the U.S. Capitol, exposing what he calls “hidden passageways” that have remained largely unknown to the American public.

In a video posted to X, Moore lifted a floor panel to reveal a steep staircase, which appeared to have graffiti on both the entrance and the steps.

According to the congressman, this tunnel may have played a role in the British invasion of 1814, when the Capitol was attacked and burned during the War of 1812.

Tim Moore:

This is one of the neat things about the U.S. Capitol, of course. This building—construction started in the 1700s—has all sorts of little hidden passageways. You saw I just pulled this cover up. You can see, if we get the camera to come over, but you can see there’s a passageway.

These are long stairs that used to be here but were closed off. We’re just off of what’s called Statuary Hall, which at one time was the actual House chamber, and it’s right outside there. But this is just an example of some of the little hidden secrets in the Capitol.

One of the things we do when we bring tour groups in—if it’s a small enough group, it’s a big group of people, but if it’s a small group—we’ll actually take them down this hall.

Believe it or not, my big self has actually gotten down, and more importantly, out of this hall. I’m not going to debut that again today, but suffice to say, I’ve been able to live, tell about it, and get out of there.

It goes all the way down to an old staircase, and I’m told—I can’t verify this—but I’m told thatthis staircase, which opens to the outside if you go down, was one of the staircases British soldiers used when they breached the Capitol during the War of, I think it was, 1814, when they actually attacked Washington.

When they came in, it was one of the stairs that British soldiers actually came up. There’s a lot of amazing history in this building. When folks come from North Carolina, we try to show things that, if it’s a small enough group and the timing is right, you can actually let folks go down there.

The kids seem to love it. A lot of older folks—not so much. But it’s just one of the neat things about the Capitol, as well as the other day-to-day things that folks see all the time. Thought I might share that with you.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/sitting-congressman-reveals-secret-underground-tunnel-beneath-u/