The Statement of Opposition predictably reflects an agenda tethered to an inside-the-Beltway legal and political philosophy, positions rejected by the American people in the 2024 general election, a rejection that is shared by the President who nominated Ed Martin.
With or without the political and electoral support of the attorneys behind the Statement of Opposition, President Trump was elected President in November 2024 and it is the President’s prerogative to nominate U.S. attorneys of his choice, who will execute the policies and principles on which the President was elected.
The statement says in part, "Ed Martin is a constitutional conservative whose distinguished career proves his commitment to upholding the rule of law, treating the Bill of Rights as law ruling over government, and advocating for justice. The American people elected Donald Trump because they know there are fundamental problems in and with Washington, DC. Ed Martin is not a Washington insider, which gives him freedom to fight in an untethered way the wrongs over the last 50 years that the attorneys who signed the Statement of Opposition failed to address or correct. Indeed, the very goals and objectives of those who signed the Statement of Opposition no doubt worked to achieve in their days within the U.S. Attorney’s Office and, even now, in their current positions are the opposite of the goals, objectives, and principles of those who support President Trump and his nominee, Ed Martin."
Ed Martin has demonstrated his willingness to reject the vaunted positions of the elites, in favor of standing for America first. In the tradition of John Adams’ representation of British troops following the Boston Massacre of 1770, Ed Martin has engaged in the finest traditions of the legal profession. Ed Martin has represented causes that the Praetorian Guard of the home court of the Administrative State would oppose. The reasons to oppose Ed Martin found in the Statement of Opposition are not only unpersuasive to those not tethered to the Washington, DC establishment, the reasons cited by these insiders is all the more reason that other attorneys, such as the undersigned, welcome and support his nomination.
(Titles and organizations shown for identification purposes only)
J. Christian Adams
President
Public Interest Legal Foundation
The Honorable Bob Barr
Former Member of Congress
(1995-2003)
Michael Boos
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Citizens United
James N. Clymer
Chairman Emeritus
Constitution Party National Committee
Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II
Dr. John C. Eastman
Senior Fellow
The Claremont Institute and Partner
Constitutional Counsel Group
David W. Fischer, Esq.
Fischer & Putzi, P.A.
Glen Burnie, MD
Mark J. Fitzgibbons
President of Corporate Affairs
American Target Advertising
Bradford L. Geyer
FormerFedsGroup.com
Stephen P. Halbrook
Attorney at Law
Fairfax, VA
Julia Z. Haller
Senior Counsel
America First Legal
Timothy A. La Sota
Principal
Timothy A. La Sota, PLC
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Senior Legal Fellow
Conservative Partnership Institute
Jeremiah Morgan
Senior Associate Attorney
William J. Olson, P.C.
Kevin Novak
Texas (24104054)
Virginia (84989)
William J. Olson
General Counsel
Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund
Maureen Otis
President
American Caging, Inc.
Stewart L. Whitson
Senior Director of Federal Affairs
Foundation for Government Accountability
Jennifer Wright, Esq.
Former Assistant Attorney General
State of Arizona
Mitchell Wynkoop
Counsel
Oversight Project
- Ed Martin
- U.S. Attorney for DC
- Senate confirmation
- Attorney General Pam Bondi
- Trump administration
- Grassroots organizing
- Judge Jeb Boasberg
- Matthew Graves
- Senator Thom Tillis
