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Trump-nominated US attorney launches investigation into Schumer to 'protect' DOGE

A Trump-nominated D.C. prosecutor announced Wednesday that he's investigating Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and anyone who threatens federal employees like Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

NBC News' Ryan Reilly reported to BlueSky that "this morning, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin — a 'stop the steal' organizer and Jan. 6 defendant advocate — sent an email titled 'Operation Whirlwind' in which he said he's personally launched an investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer."

Reilly posted a screenshot of Martin's email to colleagues that described "despicable" threats being received by DOGE workers and other Trump administration officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

In addition, "Our office has been flooded with threats against those who helped free the January 6th prisoners," Martin wrote.

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He continued, "We are the DC US Attorney's Office; we are the guardians of federal workers. You and I must do whatever possible to assure government work is safe for all involved. We must protect our cops, our prosecutors, our DOGE workers, the President, and all other government employees from threats against our nation.”

In one of the "most abhorrent examples," Martin detailed threats allegedly made by Schumer against conservative Supreme Court justices. He quoted Schumer as saying in a speech, "I want to tell you Gorsuch. I want to tell you Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions."

Martin wrote, "I reached out to Schumer to investigate his threats," but wrote that he had not received a response.

"Let me be clear," Martin wrote. "We will protect each other. We will protect DOGE. We will protect our judges and cops. And we will go after the people who threaten federal workers and who use their threats to move others against us. We will hold all of them accountable because, as former President Joe Biden said in 2024, 'No one is above the law.'"

Martin ended the email by asking colleagues "to send any and all threats you see or hear to me."

Read the email on BlueSky below.

"We will protect DOGE." This morning, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin — a "stop the steal" organizer and Jan. 6 defendant advocate — sent an email titled "Operation Whirlwind" in which he said he's personally launched an investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer. The text:

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— Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” (@ryanjreilly.com) February 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM

Ex-Twitter exec tips off federal workers how to avoid being 'surveilled' by Musk's people

A former Twitter executive is dishing out advice to federal workers thrown off balance by the Elon Musk/Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) takeover of agencies like USAID and the Treasury Department.

Musk has been criticized for his slash and burn tactics that are eerily similar to how he handled his takeover at Twitter, now rebranded as X.

Rumman Chowdhury, who served as director for the Machine Learning Ethics, Transparency and Accountability (META) team,at X, told MSNBC's Jen Psaki Sunday that Musk's strategy of "shock and awe" is meant to "constantly keep people scared, uninformed, keep changing things up on them, make demands that are impossible, make new hoops to jump through."

"No work happens during this for all of the, 'moving in beds' and the dramatics and truly the 'theater,' the theatrics of, you know, saying there's 120 hour work weeks, one has to ask how much work is actually getting done if nobody knows what's going on," Chowdhury said.

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Chowdhury has been sharing advice to federal workers via X competitor, Bluesky. In one post, Chowdhury advises, "If you are a gov employee please do not use your gov devices to coordinate. Do not use standard messaging on your Android or Apple devices. Don’t use WhatsApp. These CEOs will likely give your messages if asked by the administration. Please use Signal and set your messages to autodelete."

In addition to sharing tips on social media, Chowdhury has been working on a series of articles with former and current federal employees ("all of whom, unfortunately, have to remain anonymous") and "critical tech thinkers."

"They're specifically on what to do if you get doxed, how to prevent workplace surveillance, how to prevent device surveillance. And, in short, it's things like, you know, 'don't have conversations in the workplace,' 'don't have conversations on your work devices,' 'try to log into encrypted end-to-end networks.' You know, just remove yourself from any place or situation in which you can be surveilled."

Chowdhury added, "And also, just be careful what you say, no matter what platform you're on. The unfortunate truth is, there are a lot of federal employees sharing documents, you know, working together. But we do have to be careful when we're working with each other, you know, to push back."

Watch the clip below via MSNBC or at the link.

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