{"id":2395537,"date":"2025-01-27T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-just-put-pro-abortion-libs-worst-nightmare-in-charge-of-the-us-attorneys-office-for-dc\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T11:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:02:42","slug":"trump-just-put-pro-abortion-libs-worst-nightmare-in-charge-of-the-us-attorneys-office-for-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-just-put-pro-abortion-libs-worst-nightmare-in-charge-of-the-us-attorneys-office-for-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Just Put Pro-Abortion Libs&#8217; Worst Nightmare in Charge of the US Attorney&#8217;s Office for DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-just-put-pro-abortion-libs-worst-nightmare-in-charge-of-the-us-attorneys-office-for-dc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2395537&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Attorney for the\u2064 District\u200b of columbia,Edward martin\u200c Jr.,has a history of opposing \u200dabortion and has expressed \u2062a desire for more stringent measures against it.He believes that abortion should be illegal without exceptions, and he has criticized those who advocate\u2064 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-takes-up-mississippi-abortion-ban-case-that-could-limit-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Takes Up Mississippi Abortion Ban Case That Could Limit Roe v. Wade\">limited restrictions<\/a>.\u200d In various statements, Martin has suggested that \u200bboth doctors who perform abortions and women seeking them \u200cshould <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/failed-experiment-austria-suspends-not-proportionate-forced-vaccination-requirement\/\" title=\"Failed Experiment: Austria Suspends &#039;Not Proportionate&#039; Forced Vaccination Requirement\">face legal consequences<\/a>, though he acknowledges that the specifics of any penalties for women are still under debate. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to\u200d his stance \u2062on\u2064 abortion, Martin recently advocated for Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath\u2062 Keepers, who faced legal restrictions after \u2062being involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol \u2064riot. Martin contends that Rhodes\u2064 should not\u200b be subjected to additional penalties due\u200b to a prior commutation of\u2064 his sentence \u2064by former President Trump. This highlights \u2062Martin&#8217;s broader\u200b agenda, which aligns with defending certain\u2064 political figures involved in controversial activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia comes with a track record of opposition to abortion and an early agenda of defending Jan. 6 participants.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Martin Jr. was named to the post, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/staff-profile\/meet-us-attorney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/kfile-ed-martin-rnc-platform-committee-anti-abortion-exceptions\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> did a deep dive into comments Martin has made on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The true bane of the pro-life movement is the faction of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">fake pro-lifers<\/a> who claim to believe in the sanctity of human life but are only willing to vote that way with a list of exceptions,&rdquo; he said in 2022 after the Supreme Court tossed out the Roe v. Wade ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Martin has said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pro-lifers-get-incredible-news-rfk-jr-legendary-dem-leaves-abortion-proponents-furious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a> should be illegal, period.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the conversation is, &lsquo;Well, should there be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-abbott-pushes-back-against-bidens-climate-agenda\/\" title=\"Texas Gov. Abbott pushes back against Biden\u2019s climate agenda\">federal ban<\/a>?&rsquo; And the consensus is that there shouldn&rsquo;t &mdash; I disagree. I disagree with the consensus. I would like to see U.S. senators and U.S. congressmen and women elected to office who would say, &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s ban abortion,&rsquo;&rdquo; he said last April.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you ban abortion in Louisiana, is a doctor who has an abortion breaking the law? Yes. Should he be punished? Yes &mdash; I think that seems obvious. What is the punishment? Not sure yet. Could be criminal, could be a jail sentence, I suppose,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cly38ugln000x3b6l0ncfb5gf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">Martin said killing an unborn child should have consequences, much like mistreating a child after birth.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cly38ugln000y3b6l9xz2mrkh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">&ldquo;What do you do with the woman that has an abortion? I don&rsquo;t think we have a good answer yet. Some people say that they shouldn&rsquo;t be held liable in any way,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some people say they should have some kind of penalty, something on their record. I certainly think that you&rsquo;re gonna find a lot of people that step away from jail time. But if you believe it&rsquo;s a baby &mdash; I do &mdash; then you have to do something to protect the baby.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cly38ugln000z3b6l5f6sxfkz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t just turn your back and say, &lsquo;Oh, well, you know what? In that family over there, I, I don&rsquo;t care what they do to their family, that&rsquo;s their family. I don&rsquo;t care if they take their five-year-old kid, and they, and they, let &lsquo;em starve to death.&rsquo; No, you don&rsquo;t do that.,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You say, &lsquo;We have to have some laws that hold us together, and we have to be careful about it.&rsquo; &hellip; But we certainly would say in the case of starvation or life and death, there is an interest in the state to say, &lsquo;Hey, what are we gonna do here?&rsquo;&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Martin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-wonders-campus-anti-semitic-rioters-will-get-treatment-jan-6-defendants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went to bat<\/a> for Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes after a federal judge sought to ban him from being in Washington, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/24\/us\/politics\/steward-rhodes-oath-keepers-legal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes, one of the many people convicted for their roles in the events of Jan. 6, 2021, had been slapped with an 18-year sentence reduced by President Donald Trump to time served.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Judge Amit P. Mehta altered the terms of Rhodes&rsquo;s release after he was spotted in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Martin filed papers saying Rhodes was &ldquo;no longer subject to the terms of supervised release&rdquo; due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jan-6-pardons-drafted-ready-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump&rsquo;s action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If a judge decided that Jim Biden, General Mark Milley, or another individual were forbidden to visit America&rsquo;s capital &mdash; even after receiving a last-minute, pre-emptive pardon from the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-joy-reid-compare-trump-surviving-a-shooting-to-biden-surviving-covid-in-a-wild-segment\/\" title=\"Watch Joy Reid compare Trump surviving a shooting to Biden surviving COVID in a wild segment\">president &#038;mdash<\/a>; I believe most Americans would object,&rdquo; Martin said in a statement. &ldquo;The individuals referenced in our motion have had their sentences commuted &mdash; period, end of sentence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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According to the Justice Department, he was appointed to this role. CNN previously examined his statements on abortion, where he criticized so-called pro-lifers who support exceptions and stated that he believes abortion should be completely illegal. Martin expressed a desire for lawmakers to advocate for an abortion ban and suggested that doctors performing abortions should face legal consequences. He also discussed potential penalties for women who have abortions, emphasizing the need for laws protecting unborn children similar to those safeguarding children after birth. Recently, Martin defended Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes after a judge attempted to restrict his presence in Washington following his conviction related to January 6 events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2395538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ed-Martin.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10495,3634,49268],"class_list":["post-2395537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-pro-abortion","tag-trump","tag-us-attorneys-office"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ed-Martin.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395537"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395541,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395537\/revisions\/2395541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}