Trump's Pardon Goon Slapped With Ethics Charges Over Threatening Letter

Justice Department pardon attorney Ed Martin has been slapped with an ethics charge over a threatening letter he sent to Georgetown University about its diversity and inclusion policies.

In the letter, which Martin wrote when he was serving as interim U.S. attorney, he told Georgetown Law’s dean that his department would not hire any of the university’s law students after a whistleblower allegedly claimed Georgetown was teaching DEI.

In a complaint filed Friday with the D.C. Court of Appeals’ Board on Professional Responsibility, D.C. Bar disciplinary counsel Hamilton “Phil” Fox III argued that Martin overstepped constitutional boundaries with the letter.

Fox alleged that Martin’s actions violated the First and Fifth Amendments by pressuring the law school to alter both its curriculum and the way it teaches students.

“Acting in his official capacity and speaking on behalf of the government, he used coercion to punish or suppress a disfavored viewpoint, the teaching and promotion of DEI,” Fox wrote in the court filing. “He demanded that Georgetown Law relinquish its free speech and religious rights in order to obtain a benefit, employment opportunities for its students.”

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