Liz Oyer: Ed Martin Is Not Going To Be the U.S. Attorney for D.C. But His New Role Is ‘Scarier’

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OYER: "So a lot of. People. Are reacting with. Relief that Ed Martin is not going to be the U.S. attorney for D.C., but the role that he is being put in is in many ways scarier because he has this direct access to the president in this role to be able to recommend that people receive pardons, which is has proven during this administration to be a very quick and easy way to do political favors for friends and supporters of the president and to undermine prosecutions that are in the interests of justice. And they‘ve been used already in a. Really. Really destructive and disturbing way by President Trump. So having someone with Martin‘s background who is an ally and booster of President Trump and who has supported all manner of conspiracy theories that have been espoused by the president, is a role that has the potential to do a great deal of damage to the justice system."