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(DIR) Post #At9NHR7RWxMFNGW9Wy by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T13:41:33Z
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#Trump’s DC #USAttorney pick appeared on #Russia state media over 150 times
Nominee #EdMartin did not disclose his #RT & #Sputnik appearances from 2016 to 2024 to the #Senate. The #State Dept has said the networks act like arms of #RussianIntelligence.#law #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6 https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/04/16/ed-martin-rt-sputnik-usattorney/
(DIR) Post #At9NQ2ac6GOHu5GTUu by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T13:43:07Z
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Hours before #Trump announced US missile strikes on #Syria in response to a chemical attack that killed 90 civilians in April 2017, Ed Martin said on the Russian state television network #RT America that Syrian President Bashar al-#Assad might not be to blame. Instead, Martin told viewers, the situation was “engineered” in Washington “by the people that want war in Syria.”#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
(DIR) Post #At9NjFjfRoIwB3f1Si by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T13:46:35Z
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In early 2022, #EdMartin told an interviewer on the same arm of #RT’s global network that “there’s no evidence” of a Russian military buildup on #Ukraine’s borders, criticizing US officials as warmongering & ignoring #Russia’s security concerns. Russia invaded 9 days later, igniting a war that continues today.
Martin is now interim #USAttorney for #DC & #Trump’s pick to serve full time in the role.#law #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy
(DIR) Post #At9Np99UpyqFUrYItc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T13:47:39Z
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But as a *conservative* activist & fmr #Missouri Republican ofcl, #EdMartin appeared >150 times on #RT & #Sputnik — networks funded & directed by the Russian govt — as a guest commentator from August 2016 to April 2024, acc/to a search of their websites & the #InternetArchive’s database of TV broadcasts.#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
(DIR) Post #At9O2CLWH29XAQOpSC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T13:50:01Z
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#EdMartin did not disclose the appearances last month on a #Senate #Judiciary Cmte questionnaire, which asks nominees to list all media interviews. Analysis of television archives suggests he went on #RT & #Sputnik more often than on any major cable network during that span.#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
(DIR) Post #At9O4QU8fz2pb7Uf32 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T13:50:26Z
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#EdMartin’s frequent appearances, reviewed by WaPo, drew rebukes from some #NationalSecurity analysts, who accused him of amplifying anti-American #propaganda on Russian outlets that the #State Dept last year said had moved beyond #disinformation to engage in covert #influence activities aimed at undermining democracies worldwide for President Vladimir #Putin’s regime.#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
(DIR) Post #At9OIg97FJUADuSM0e by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T13:52:58Z
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#EdMartin’s brief tenure as top federal prosecutor in Washington has stoked controversy. Democrats accuse Martin — a #Trump “Stop the Steal” organizer who has called the 2020 election & #Russia’s 2016 #ElectionInterference investigation “hoaxes” — of violating the #law & legal #ethics in threatening to investigate or prosecute lawmakers, protesters, journalists & others whom he perceives as undermining Trump’s agenda.#DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #Jan6
(DIR) Post #At9OabCkMBWi6thRPk by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T13:56:14Z
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Fmr US #NationalSecurity ofcls & analysts said #EdMartin’s #RT & #Sputnik appearances, & his failure to disclose them, raise questions about his judgment & candor. The #DC #USAttorney’s office is the largest in the country & has wide jurisdiction to prosecute important national security offenses. Its leader should be alert to the threats & risks posed by #Russia & other #influence operations from overseas, such as the ones the office has prosecuted in recent years….#law #RussianDisinformation
(DIR) Post #At9OsXyN6yLxIcXB20 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T13:59:29Z
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People can disagree over US #ForeignPolicy, said Joseph Cirincione, a nuclear policy & #NationalSecurity expert who has advised US presidents & supports US military #aid to #Ukraine, “but repeatedly helping #Russia advance its #propaganda aims by echoing its views on its state-directed media, that should be #disqualifying.”#EdMartin #law #DC #USAttorney #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
(DIR) Post #At9P1bcqtp4PEcmvVw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:01:06Z
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…Asked about #EdMartin’s pro-#Russia stances & media role, a #WhiteHouse official said: “President #Trump made a brilliant choice in selecting Ed Martin to serve a full, permanent term as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. With a distinguished record of service, Ed is the perfect leader to restore #law & order & make our Nation’s Capital safe & beautiful once again.” 🤦🏼♀️#DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
(DIR) Post #At9PGpoWQjJTaBVZlQ by Soulshine@mastodon.social
2025-04-16T14:03:50Z
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@Nonilex I don't know how to feel about watching the world realize in sloooooooooooooow motioooooooooon that Donald Trump has been a ruZZian spy since 1987.No wait, I do. It's frustrating.
(DIR) Post #At9PXTkzgrgg65nKXg by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:06:53Z
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…If confirmed, #EdMartin would…direct an office that prosecuted advisers to #Trump — including Martin allies #RogerStone & #MikeFlynn — as well as Dem atty Gregory B. Craig in past federal investigations into #Russia #influence ops.…Martin has posed a challenge for the #Senate #Judiciary Cmte, not only bc of his lack of experience as a prosecutor or trial #lawyer but also bc of the volume of his statements on social media & in traditional media, & the unusual extent of his omissions.#law
(DIR) Post #At9PgHfY0BkpDJRgrA by lin11c@toad.social
2025-04-16T14:08:24Z
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@Nonilex He can go work for Tulsi when he loses this position. Russian assets, both of them. 🤬
(DIR) Post #At9PnIeWkAPKI7JW9w by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:09:43Z
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…#EdMartin has omitted far more from his nomination materials than other recent #USAttorney nominees, 2 people familiar w/the process said, one of them estimating [his] omissions [to be] about 350 events, interviews & media appearances.
By comparison, only about 3 of roughly 80 such nominees from 2021 through 2024 left out published writings & public statements in supplemental committee disclosures, & none missed more than 4 items….#Trump #law #DC #Russia #NationalSecurity #disinformation
(DIR) Post #At9Q3xZcMvGrq1xgQK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:12:45Z
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…Since 2017 & 2018, the #DOJ [under #Trump 1.0] has required #RT & #Sputnik to register as #ForeignAgents, reflecting #Russian government control over their operations. 5 months after #EdMartin’s final appearance last April, the #UnitedStates, #Canada & #Britain announced new sanctions on RT & several employees meant to cripple funding for… #disinformation operations around the world.#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity
(DIR) Post #At9QNMFKrMqfrUiyKO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:16:15Z
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…Now, #Trump’s 2nd admin is pushing US #ForeignPolicy ofcls to find ways to partner w/ #Putin’s #Russia, signaling that he is willing to part ways w/ #allies, including by staking claims to #Greenland & #Canada, pressing #Ukraine to seek peace, & shifting US resources from #Europe to focus on #China.
#EdMartin’s views in some ways track those of VP #JDVance & #DNI #TulsiGabbard, who have criticized the exercise of US military power overseas.#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity
(DIR) Post #At9QizYrsmGtsPB0S0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:20:09Z
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…#Trump risks abandoning leadership of a liberal democratic order that spreads American values & global prosperity, siding instead w/ #autocratic #strongman govts.#EdMartin advocated greater #US - #Russia cooperation before Trump’s 1st meeting as pres w/ #Putin, in Germany in July 2017, saying on #RT that he expected Trump to come away w/ “some affinity w/Putin.” He struck the same note just after the #Ukraine invasion, as the US imposed sanctions on Putin personally.#law #NationalSecurity
(DIR) Post #At9QpTlWUtFvI4BmzI by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:21:19Z
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“We needed to be allies w/ nuclear powers like #Russia,” #EdMartin told #Sputnik in March 2022, suggesting a missed opportunity under #Trump’s first term. “What Trump knew was you want to be allies with the toughest dudes on the street. And he was ready to be allies with #NorthKorea & with #Putin & everybody.”#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #RussianDisinformation #autocracy
(DIR) Post #At9R86zdO9pAAIfrpw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:24:41Z
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…#RT & #Sputnik relied on #EdMartin to explain #America in terms that…match the perspective of the #Kremlin, mostly to its international audiences, acc/to FilterLabsAI, a firm that analyzes #socialmedia, #state-run #news organizations & other internet postings to track public sentiment in #Russia. Those audiences were in the #US & in “hinge countries” in Central #Europe such as #Poland & #Hungary, & Martin had minimal exposure within Russia except for his criticism of US support for #Ukraine….
(DIR) Post #At9RJSeNCz7cWE8pRA by troy_frizzell@mstdn.social
2025-04-16T14:26:44Z
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@Nonilex Every Democrat that votes for one of these Nazis needs a primary opponent.No exceptions.
(DIR) Post #At9RP0fKASHVSnERg8 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:27:45Z
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“We want to use these terms carefully, but this is a kind of #ForeignInfluence,” FilterLabsAI founder & CEO Jonathan Teubner said, adding that #RT is cultivating relationships w/American #conservative #influencers & micro-influencers as #Trump emerges as a leading figure in a #global wave of hard-line conservative #populism, inspiring #nationalist parties in #Europe & elsewhere.#EdMartin #law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation
(DIR) Post #At9RqezoKP66Mg00Zc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:32:42Z
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#EdMartin has been a prolific user of social & other media to defend #Trump & his policies. His presence on #Russia #StateMedia puts a twist on Trump’s frequent tapping of TV personalities to stock his 2nd admin.
Martin appeared as a panelist or commentator on more than a dozen #RT or #Sputnik programs beginning in Aug 2016, often introduced as a #Republican strategist….#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #FarRight #RussianDisinformation
(DIR) Post #At9Rz7McjyhIfAhcsi by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:34:12Z
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#EdMartin was invited by several [#Russia] networks to discuss the 2016 presidential election after writing a book making the conservative case for #Trump w/ #antifeminist icon #PhyllisSchlafly.
Over time, Martin appeared as a solo guest discussing the #Ukraine crisis & was described as a “co-host” on one show episode in December 2023.#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #FarRight #RussianDisinformation
(DIR) Post #At9S45fkSP0Grg1FS4 by jenzi@mastodon.social
2025-04-16T14:35:08Z
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@Nonilex Imagine being used and not knowing it
(DIR) Post #At9S69rtpMmKSQglA8 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:35:33Z
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#Russia #StateMedia at the time promoted #EdMartin’s critiques in headlines such as one on #Sputnik International’s website in April 2023, “‘Trumped-Up’ Charges Against Former US President ‘Embarrassing’ to US,” & another in December 2023, “GOP Activist: ‘Stupid’ US Leaders Will ‘Throw Money’ at #Ukraine Unless Stopped by House.”#Trump #law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #FarRight #RussianDisinformation
(DIR) Post #At9SMM687sil1J4IjY by MikeF@mstdn.plus
2025-04-16T14:38:26Z
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@Nonilex Russia wants Martin for the reasons mentioned. Trump will undoubtedly want him to find some reason to persecute Joe Biden.
(DIR) Post #At9SZ2dzlYpyRwxRdw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:40:46Z
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…last Sept #US authorities charged 2 #RT employees w/ allegedly funneling $10M to bankroll *unknowing* pro-#Trump #influencers to publish thousands of videos that pushed #Kremlin #propaganda. Dual Russian-American citizens Dimitri Simes & his wife, Anastasia, were charged w/ violating economic sanctions, in part for his paid work for another #Russia state television network.……AG #PamBondi shut down the #FBI task force investigating #ForeignInfluence….#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity
(DIR) Post #At9SnMhZzLL2iDSqW0 by Robo105@mastodon.social
2025-04-16T14:43:19Z
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@Nonilex Suspicious people will see the taint of collusion here but be assured it is all a coincidence
(DIR) Post #At9SrmXnqiKA1EzuJk by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:44:10Z
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…#EdMartin’s …appearances on #RT surged again in 2021, when he did roughly 60 spots, compared w/ 50 over the prior 4½ years. He was often asked about #Jan6, 2021, Capitol riot prosecutions, 3 of whose defendants HE REPRESENTED, & mounting federal & state investigations of #Trump, which he strongly & repeatedly criticized.#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
(DIR) Post #At9T732KoSqLVsYeFE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:46:55Z
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That fall & winter, #EdMartin also spoke about #Ukraine. In a flurry of 14 spots over a 5-wk span in 2022 before #Russia’s invasion, Martin criticized what he cast as the drumbeat for war by interventionist Americans & repeated that #NATO should rule out Ukrainian membership, a key Russia demand.In Oct 2021, Martin on his podcast & on Twitter promoted #RT; Margarita Simonyan, editor in chief of RT & #Sputnik; & an RT host over US authorities & social & traditional media.#law #NationalSecurity
(DIR) Post #At9TKMdPG9hK3lFP4C by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T14:49:20Z
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…On Dec 9, 2024, one day before #Trump announced that #EdMartin would join his new admin, Martin wrote about #Putin on the website of his #PhyllisSchlafly Eagles group. He decried the dismantling of Western civilization by “our ruling elites” & their “weak, incompetent” servants. These “mediocre” American men “despise figures like Vladimir Putin,” Martin said, “not because he’s an enemy of the West, but because he reminds them of their inadequacies.”#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity
(DIR) Post #At9TyFr3sz2AcFejBo by CindyWeinstein@zirk.us
2025-04-16T14:56:27Z
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@Nonilex Honest (and probably hopelessly naive) question: Do these nominees have to disclose their tax returns? I assume this Manchurian Candidate gets paid handsomely by RT. Wouldn't there be some kind of financial record of payment?
(DIR) Post #At9W1Vk7TFa4fX5am8 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T15:19:31Z
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@jenzi Pretty sure he was a collaborator not a victim
(DIR) Post #At9W5aqESLnZdktXvc by paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange
2025-04-16T15:20:15Z
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@Nonilex they're about halfway to just having a stock statement for everything along the lines of:"heaven has again shined on us as our glorious leader has flawlessly and brilliantly made everything even more perfect than it already was"
(DIR) Post #At9WAMD8HQOtiCsV4y by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T15:21:08Z
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@CindyWeinstein I believe so. It may simply be a “financial disclosure” form where they similarly can omit things.
(DIR) Post #At9WmrPkiLoDUa8meG by CindyWeinstein@zirk.us
2025-04-16T15:28:04Z
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@Nonilex thank you. Yeah, that sounds right, I mean wrong!
(DIR) Post #At9bGxI7pObQDvB9Y8 by jenzi@mastodon.social
2025-04-16T16:18:18Z
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@Nonilex I'm sure he culpable, I just don't think he realizes how much he's being used.
(DIR) Post #At9cgARe9zxoDEDbZQ by leswarden@mastodon.world
2025-04-16T16:33:59Z
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@Nonilex It would be so much easier instead of “..raise questions about his judgement and candor.”, they, including affirmation officials, would say…’look, you lied or omitted critical information, so you’re out…next!’
(DIR) Post #AtA3tCXOyLg9lMnj4S by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-04-16T21:38:57Z
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@Nonilex 🤮