Washington, D.C
Trump's D.C. Prosecutor Declares: 'We Will Protect DOGE'
Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the permanent top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia is promising to use the full breadth of his powers to “protect DOGE” and “hold accountable those who threaten workers.”
In an email obtained by Rolling Stone, former “Stop the Steal” organizer turned interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin claimed that members of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) were receiving “despicable” threats.
“We are the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s office; we are the guardians of federal workers. You and I must do whatever possible to ensure that government work is safe for all involved,” Martin wrote Wednesday, as his boss dubiously and unceremoniously fires tens of thousands of federal workers en masse, with little oversight, accountability, or rationale.
“We must protect our cops, our prosecutors, our DOGE workers, the President, and all other government employees from threats against our nation,” Martin added.
The attorney cited a 2020 speech from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) delivered as the Supreme Court considered an abortion rights case, in which the senator addressed conservative members of the court, telling them that they had “released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”
Schumer later clarified that the comments referred to political repercussions for their actions, but Republicans portrayed the remarks as an incitement of violence against conservative members of the Supreme Court. In his email, Martin cited the incident as “one of the most abhorrent examples” of threats against government officials in recent memory, and suggested he had opened an investigation into Schumer. “I reached out to Senator Schumer to investigate his threats. He has not yet responded to me,” he wrote.
Martin added that he would be naming his efforts to clamp down on “threats” against federal workers after a line in Schumer’s speech: “Operation Whirlwind.”
“My initiative to hold accountable those who threaten workers is named Operation Whirlwind. We will stop the storm of threats against officials at all levels,” Martin wrote, adding that he was planning a meeting with “our Threat Portal team” to discuss next steps.
Earlier this month, Martin wrote a letter to Musk vowing that his office would “pursue any and all legal action against anyone who impedes your work or threatens your people.”
“We will not act like the previous administration who looked the other way as the Antifa and BLM rioters as well as thugs with guns trashed our capital city. We will protect DOGE and other workers no matter what,” he wrote.
Martin did not provide specific examples of threats against DOGE workers. What is clear is that throughout his career, Martin has crafted an extremely selective — and politically convenient — definition of what constitutes a threat of violence.
Martin — who previously defended Jan. 6 rioters and who is now at the forefront of Trump’s efforts to use the Justice Department to rewrite the history of the Capitol insurrection — did not, for some reason, cite Trump’s instigation of the Jan. 6 assault as an example of a politician’s rhetoric leading to attacks on government officials.
Instead, Martin lamented in the email that his office has been “flooded with threats against those who helped free the Jan. 6 prisoners.” While Martin waxed about “protecting” cops and law enforcement officials, he had no issue with Trump’s blanket pardon for Jan. 6 defendants who assaulted law enforcement officials and threatened lawmakers with death. In fact, upon his appointment as interim D.C. U.S. attorney, Martin fired dozens of DOJ prosecutors involved in bringing Jan. 6 cases to trial.
Martin’s actions are just some examples of Trump delivering on a core 2024 campaign promise: to erase as much of the Department of Justice’s independence as possible, and then to use the department as a tool for protecting his friends and attacking his political enemies.
During the 2024 campaign, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter, Trump repeatedly told close associates that if he returned to power, he’d ensure his new Justice Department launched a wave of reviews of ongoing criminal cases and prosecutions of “our people.” He wasn’t just talking about the Jan. 6 rioters’ cases, or the famous federal criminal cases against him and his allies; he was also explicitly talking about cases against Republican Party or Trump-friendly figures — cases that had absolutely nothing to do with Trump or Jan. 6. In private conversation, he’d baselessly claim these probes were Democratic retaliation for their proximity to Trump and therefore “illegal.”
During the four years of Joe Biden’s presidency, an array of conservative lawyers and top Trump advisers spent an inordinate amount of time cooking up increasingly novel legal theories and blueprints for how to wield the Justice Department against Trump’s foes, particularly the prosecutors who crossed him, including Alvin Bragg, Fani Willis, Jack Smith, and Letitia James. One such idea, according to two other sources familiar with the matter, was to potentially sic the DOJ civil rights division on some of these prosecutors and Trump nemeses — under the premise that the prosecutors had violated Trump’s civil rights.
About a month after the 2024 presidential election, Trump announced that he would nominate one of his own lawyers, Harmeet Dhillon, for the DOJ role of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. He also nominated staunch ally Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general, before Gaetz pulled his name from contention amid a firestorm of scrutiny around a congressional probe into his alleged sexual relationship with a minor. Trump then nominated Pam Bondi, one of his impeachment lawyers, to fill the role.
Bondi was confirmed and sworn in earlier this month. Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing independent government agencies to abide by his and Bondi’s interpretation of the law — not that of the court system.
4 things to know about the weather:
- Abundant sunshine
- Temps slightly cooler than average
- No rain in sight — again
- Mid-week warmup
May is drawing to a dry, comfortable close, in stunning contrast to the very soggy Memorial Day weather we saw last weekend.
That 10-day stretch of rain put a definite dent in our drought, according to the weekly national drought monitor, but it seems that was the end of the improvement for a while: There’s almost no clouds in sight for the DMV for several days.
Enjoy the many hours of sunshine on Saturday. The high pressure coming in from the Hudson Bay brings a stiff north wind, but the day will also be sunny and comfortable, with highs in the mid 70s.
Download the NBC Washington app on iOS and Android to check the weather radar on the go.
The wind will die down after dark, and Sunday morning will be bordering on chilly. Expect widespread mid/upper 40s in most of the D.C. area, with urban centers and bayside communities staying just above 50°. Sunday afternoon will be just a bit warmer, in the mid 70s, but with far less of a breeze.
Highs will be back around 80° for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with overnight lows in the comfy 50s. It’ll be a perfect start to meteorological summer (June/July/August).
QuickCast
TODAY:
Sunshine Abounds, Breezy
Wind: North 10-15mph, Gust to 25 mph
Chance of Rain: 0%
HIGHS: 70° to 75°
TONIGHT:
Clear Skies
Winds Diminish
Wind: Northwest 10-15 mph
Chance Of Rain: 0%
LOWS: 46° to 54°
SUNDAY:
Mostly Sunny Skies
Pleasant Conditions
Light Breeze
Wind: NW 5 – 10 mph
Chance of Rain: 0%
HIGHS: 70° to 76°
MONDAY:
Partly Cloudy
Seasonable
Light Breeze
Wind: West/Northwest 10 mph
Chance of Rain: 0%
HIGHS: 76° to 82°
Sunrise: 5:45 Sunset: 8:26
Average High: 80° Average Low: 63°
Stay with Storm Team4 for the latest forecast. Download the NBC Washington app on iOS and Android to get severe weather alerts on your phone.
WASHINGTON – A man is in critical condition after falling into the Anacostia River in Southwestern Washington, D.C., Friday night.
What we know:
D.C. Fire and EMS reported the rescue effort shortly after 10 p.m. at James Creek Marina in Buzzard Point.
Crews believe a man fell from the dock into the water.
By 10:30 p.m., crews were able to pull the man out of the water.
Paramedics took him to the hospital in critical condition.
What we don’t know:
Officials did not identify the man who was rescued. No other information was immediately available.
The Source: Information in this story is from the D.C. Fire and EMS Department.
Washington, D.C
DC’s baseball team faces potential DOJ probe after exec allegedly admitted to religious discrimination
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FIRST ON FOX — Washington, D.C.’s professional baseball franchise could come under Justice Department scrutiny after a viral video showed a team executive appearing to admit to his religious discrimination against a Christian player.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is urging Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon to investigate alleged religious discrimination against players for the Washington Nationals, according to a letter sent Thursday to and first obtained by Fox News Digital.
The letter comes after Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe published a secretly recorded video of Washington Nationals Director of Community Relations Sean Hudson saying the team does not include pitcher Trevor Williams in certain social media promotion.
He cited the player’s public criticism of another Major League Baseball franchise for hosting a drag group mocking Catholics.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is urging the Department of Justice to investigate alleged religious discrimination within the Washington Nationals organization and across Major League Baseball. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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“According to the reporting by James O’Keefe, it appears the Washington Nationals are engaged in unlawful religious discrimination,” Boebert told Fox News Digital in a written statement. “I urge the DOJ to take immediate and decisive action.”
A spokesperson for the Justice Department said they received Boebert’s letter.
“The Department is reviewing the matter and will evaluate all appropriate next steps. As always, we remain committed to enforcing federal law and protecting civil rights,” they told Fox News Digital.
A spokesperson for the Washington Nationals did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Hudson, in the clandestine recording, pointed to Williams’ public objections to the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring the Sisterhood of Perpetual Indulgence — a drag group that dresses as nuns — during the team’s 2023 “Pride Night.
The event also drew condemnation from multiple Catholic bishops, who described it as “blasphemous.”
Trevor Williams of the Washington Nationals sits in the dugout before a game against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Wash., on May 28, 2025. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
Williams said he found the group’s anti-Catholic demonstration featuring vulgar caricatures of the crucifixion and sacred rituals to be “deeply offensive,” in an interview with Bishop Robert Barron last year. The professional baseball player said he made the decision with his wife to speak out even though it would put “a target on our back.”
“Baseball stadiums should be a place where everyone feels welcomed, like 100%,” Williams said in the interview. “We should all feel welcomed there. But that was clearly against one certain religion. If you don’t draw the line in the sand, who’s gonna do it?”
According to Hudson, that public criticism of the drag group’s performance later affected Williams’ opportunities at the Nationals franchise.
“Because of that we don’t use him on social [media],” Hudson told an undercover journalist in the video. “When they’re like ‘is a hot dog a sandwich’ and the players come up, we don’t ask him.”
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Boebert said she is concerned that Hudson’s admission could mean the franchise violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on religion and other protected classes.
“Americans of faith should not face professional repercussions for objecting to the mockery of their sacred traditions,” the Colorado Republican said in the letter. “MLB’s privileged legal position should not become a license for exclusionary practices.”
“Sister Unity” and “Sister Dominia” of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were honored on Pride Night before the MLB game between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 16, 2023. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire)
Hudson, in the video, described himself as “far-left leaning” and nonreligious. Meanwhile, he called Williams “super Catholic.”
The Washington Nationals executive also boasted about a Communist Party poster in his office and mused about pushing redistribution of wealth and other leftist agendas during baseball games at Nationals Park in Southeast Washington, D.C.
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“What a cool opportunity for us [Nationals] to also, be a little bit of like, the voice of reason,” Hudson said. “And a lot of people will tell you when I come to a baseball game, I don’t want to think about that s–t.”
“If you’re a sports fan and we piss you off, where else are you gonna go,” he went on. “I don’t give a sh–t.”
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