U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin has vowed to protect Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees from threats and harassment.
Martin made the pledge in a letter to tech billionaire Elon Musk, the leader of DOGE, which he also shared in a post on Musk’s social media platform, X.
“Dear @elon, Please see this important letter. We will not tolerate threats against DOGE workers or law-breaking by the disgruntled. All the best. Ed Martin,” Martin wrote in a post on X.
“I recognize that some of the staff at DOGE has been targeted publicly. At this time, I ask that you utilize me and my staff to assist in protecting the DOGE work and the DOGE workers,” the letter read. “Any threats, confrontations, or other actions in anyway that impact their work may break numerous laws.”
“Let me assure you of this: we will pursue any and all legal action against anyone who impedes your work or threatens your people,” the letter continued. “We will not act like the previous administration who looked the other way as the Antifa and BLM [Black Lives Matter] rioters as well as thugs and guns trashed our capital city. We will protect DOGE and other workers no matter what.
“One last warning for you: late last week, we indicted an economist who worked at the Fed for economic espionage for the Communist Chinese. Please be very aware that there are those who are acting against our American people in every way. Refer to us any questionable conduct or details that you find or notice,” Martin added.
Dear @elon, Please see this important letter. We will not tolerate threats against DOGE workers or law-breaking by the disgruntled. All the best. Ed Martin pic.twitter.com/jIgMPVbPT5
— Ed Martin (@EagleEdMartin) February 3, 2025
Musk responded to the X post, writing: “Thank you, receipt via X acknowledged.”
Thank you, receipt via 𝕏 acknowledged. https://t.co/aYo0OsyFVE
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 3, 2025
This letter comes as the leftist mainstream media, Democrat politicians, and their radical left base have already begun attempting to harass and intimidate DOGE employees. Their actions are part of an effort to stop DOGE from cutting government waste, fraud, and abuse — with many of them openly praising the deep state and advocating for deep state officials to fight back against these cuts behind the scenes.
Leftists have even taken to BlueSky, a leftist pro-censorship alternative to X, to begin “mobilizing threats of violence against the @DOGE team staff and their families as revenge against @elonmusk and the Trump administration,” according to The Post Millennial senior editor Andy Ngo.
"Hunt them down"
Leftists on @bluesky and other social media sites are mobilizing threats of violence against the @DOGE team staff and their families as revenge against @elonmusk and the Trump administration. https://t.co/rQmGtahBDE pic.twitter.com/m8ujSOv3Xa
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) February 3, 2025
