Trump's attorney gets the legal news he dreaded - Brian Tyler Cohen

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Legal Breakdown episode 677: Trump’s pardon attorney at risk of disbarment.

The following summary is AI-generated.

Here are the key points from the video:

- Ed Martin, Trump's former acting US Attorney for DC, threatened Georgetown University Law School to stop teaching DEI programs, despite prosecutors having no legal authority over university curricula.

- As punishment for Georgetown's refusal, Martin banned Georgetown students and affiliates from working at the DC US Attorney's Office, which the video's hosts argue violated First and Fifth Amendment rights.

- The DC Bar Council opened a formal ethics investigation against Martin, with charges including unconstitutional coercion of a university and suppression of a protected viewpoint.

- Martin compounded his legal troubles by making improper ex parte contact with DC Court of Appeals judges — the very judges who would decide his ethics case — asking them to investigate and punish the bar counsel pursuing him. This resulted in additional ethics charges.

- If disbarred, Martin would likely need to be removed from his current role as US Pardon Attorney, though the hosts speculate the Trump administration would find another position for him.

- The hosts argue that while disbarment is a serious consequence, it may not be a sufficient deterrent in the current political climate, where loyalty to Trump appears to matter more than legal qualifications.

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1. MaddowBlog-Justice Department's Ed Martin faces disciplinary proceedings from the D.C. Bar

Last month, Martin was demoted and sidelined within the administration. If he thought that was the worst of his troubles, he�s now learning otherwise.

Last month, Ed Martin was demoted and sidelined within the administration.

But if he thought that was the worst of his troubles, he’s now learning otherwise.

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-10T17:23:22.930Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/justice-departments-ed-martin-faces-disciplinary-proceedings-from-the-d-c-bar

Over the past year or so, far-right activist Ed Martin has served in a variety of capacities on Donald Trump�s team, including a failed tenure as the director of the Justice Department�s �Weaponization Working Group� and his ongoing work as the president�s pardon attorney...

While federal prosecutors tend to focus resources on matters of law enforcement (since that is their job), Martin decided to launch a bizarre attack on academic freedom, targeting a private Catholic institution for unexplained reasons, telling the law school dean that Georgetown graduates would be locked out of potential jobs in the U.S. attorney�s office if the university taught or used �diversity, equity and inclusion� � which went undefined in his letter.

One year later, MS NOW confirmed that Martin is facing an ethics investigation from the D.C. Bar over his wildly unnecessary campaign against Georgetown Law.

Bloomberg Law also reported on the developments:

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel � the enforcement arm for the local DC Bar � alleges that Martin violated ethics rules in early 2025 by making threats against Georgetown University Law Center. � According to a petition from the office, Martin violated the local rules for lawyers by demanding that Georgetown Law change what it teaches students. [�]

The office also alleges that Martin attempted to interfere with its investigation of his conduct related to Georgetown Law.

Martin, a key figure in the �Stop the Steal� movement in 2020, hasn�t yet commented on the investigation, though it�s worth emphasizing that this is not his only ongoing headache. MS NOW also reported in the fall that a federal grand jury is investigating whether Martin illegally shared sensitive grand jury information while the administration targeted some of the president�s perceived political enemies.

Last month, Martin was demoted and sidelined within the administration, but if he thought that was the worst of his troubles, he�s now learning otherwise. Watch this space.

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2. Attorney ED MARTIN gets deserved discipline

He's one of the FAVORITE ones of Trump's sychopants...



so I'm not surprised he's gone more malicious with his mantle of office.