Ed Martin Asked Point Blank About A Possible Investigation Into Chuck Schumer

At a press briefing on Tuesday, Ed Martin was asked about a potential investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

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00:00Talking about weaponization, you're talking about...

00:01Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I was going to call on somebody in the back.

00:04Hey, it's Scott from CBS.

00:06Just picking up on the last point you just made, Mr. Martin, for reviewing the pardons.

00:10I think you acknowledged your inquiry into Congressman Garcia from California and Senator Schumer from New York.

00:17Can you tell me where those stand and whether this review may include members of the January 6th Committee for, I guess, criminal misconduct?

00:24Well, let me say on the first thing, Senator Schumer, who, someone asked how I didn't get confirmed.

00:29Senator Schumer made it a point, I think, on my confirmation to be very active.

00:33That's what I'm told by senators and Senate staff because I talked about his threats.

00:39You know, last week I was assaulted on the steps out here.

00:42You probably saw it.

00:44That's a direct result of the kind of conduct that Chuck Schumer has done and continues to do and encourage others to on both sides at times.

00:52But we don't stand for it.

00:54When I wrote a letter to Elon Musk, I said, well, prosecute people that threaten your people.

00:58When I wrote a letter to Chief Judge Boasberg, I said, we'll prosecute people that threaten your people.

01:03When I meet with my staff, I say we will prosecute people that threaten our U.S. attorneys or dox them or pizza dox them.

01:09There has to be one standard, and the standard has to be more respectful and serious than that.

01:13So I can't comment on an ongoing investigation.

01:16I can tell you that Chuck Schumer's matter, we looked at it closely.

01:19He had apologized on the floor.

01:21He had gone out of his way to make clear that he wanted to take back the threats.

01:24I think that ultimately we decided that that was probably made it difficult to charge him with a crime.

01:31But I'm happy to say out loud that what he did was shameful.

01:34Back to my point.

01:35It was a shameful thing to do.

01:37It's something that is destructive to the discourse and very intentional in a way that was very different than on the floor of the Senate.

01:44And so that's, I think, the problem was there.

01:48And, again, I won't comment on any other investigations.