After vowing to protect DOGE workers, Trump prosecutor is silent on employees targeted by 'DEI watch list'
Source: NBC News
After vowing to protect DOGE workers, Trump prosecutor is silent on employees targeted by 'DEI watch list'
Ed Martin, a former "stop the steal" activist, has offered Elon Musk the services of his office. But he had no comment on a list targeting other government workers.
Feb. 6, 2025, 6:14 PM EST
By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and Ryan J. Reilly
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia reached out to Elon Musk on the tech billionaire's X platform this week, telling him federal prosecutors were at his service should workers at his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) face any threats.
"Dear @elon, Please see this important letter," Ed Martin wrote Monday. "We will not tolerate threats against DOGE workers or law-breaking by the disgruntled."
In the attached letter, Martin wrote that it was "good to work with the DOGE team" over the weekend, and he asked Musk to "utilize me and my staff to assist in protecting the DOGE work and the DOGE workers."
The offer by a top Justice Department official to protect a specific group of government employees — political appointees who, along with Musk, have thrown federal agencies into turmoil — was notable, in part because of his silence as another group of federal workers is also being targeted.
Martin has so far indicated no plans to investigate a conservative research opposition group that appears to be behind the website “DEI Watch List,” which has published the names and photos of federal health workers involved in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives — at one point describing them as “targets.”
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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doge-trump-prosecutor-ed-martin-cdc-dei-watchlist-rcna190795
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