{"id":146117,"date":"2026-08-21T20:16:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/21\/ed-martin-is-leaving-doj-to-focus-on-legal-battles-in-upcoming-elections-trump-says-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T20:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:16:47","slug":"ed-martin-is-leaving-doj-to-focus-on-legal-battles-in-upcoming-elections-trump-says-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/21\/ed-martin-is-leaving-doj-to-focus-on-legal-battles-in-upcoming-elections-trump-says-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Martin is leaving DOJ to focus on \u2018legal battles\u2019 in upcoming elections, Trump says &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxPSFprMTNqSTJvRHVScWZYWnp4bUVkV1ZCalpvOVhXTDBfQ0FqYlI4ek1CMks4UGFZRUJiZlZlcTI1NjcyWmtxWGhTbEJvYlRNMllja2xXaTlOZTByajUwbXNGbWZkNmpkeTg5aTR0dGdVTTBXWVh3ZWlzbUwza1AtaVhBZ3NPRXo2OWd6Q0ZEc3RicHppRXBfLUNfWXJCZ2ZpZUYzWkZhbUtLMW9Za29hbW53RkJxUmNOSFhHLURKWExVbkpFUVhoWktB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Martin is leaving DOJ to focus on \u2018legal battles\u2019 in upcoming elections, Trump says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxNek9KdUpqVHV1WTJzWFlaTUJyY3ZYaXM1LU5uWUZvaWJkMFFvWHBxYV9wV0VyQVhGaDV5eC1kYk45bUJ4aFoybWdhWVJnZkhiTk1Kc2dxcWo0WUtKTFRSRHM3ZXY0QmVxQjhKenptdjJ2aTNZRGhpTnhGVG8tU2tFeFB4SjdvS0h1SmFHcF96U2llNFZaUGtWUDNJNlk1N2hZSUZBeVJHdHRxSF9jMmhRZU9QY0daQ21tWjg3dUZUYkxZVzlRRGwwcF8tZHU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Martin leaving Justice Dept. after tumultuous tenure that alienated colleagues<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNQVFzbGlXNTl0aDNoNEtSUFhwYm1KZ0xhd3FyRWVNNEE3MTZScklvdVY4RjR6WHZMWXp0ck4tWmQyam9NODF0OW5uc2JERXBoZG1BcTlMRzZlTmVUWXM4R2cwcFFFanFrWjY1NWlXak00Y2swTmc2ZGVxZXNWZ1VuWDVDdjRjaEx2OTJqd2hLVWVHZ3FzbldXMmpzNG0xbGdKUklWVjlR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump loyalist Ed Martin is leaving the Justice Department to focus on election \u2018legal battles\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxPTi1fcE1mWGgwNHpKUGZWaDEySnNmOE0wQTR0RWdLUk9IVG82bzM0YVdfSVlkZjZYOHlSV0lTd0dXLUk4V29KTWNjZjlRdFdIbXFsYXVfUURrNUVTMkpVcjF6Vm40Y0szZWlPWkxLQUZ6d0tfNW9oMHo2MVJ6elNRTmtZZnUzUWFNQ1NocXBsWDdHUFR0QTNRRtIBngFBVV95cUxOOVpMcG14R3hjV3pYQ25fd3RPTW1vaW1Fa09rVjQ0bWpQcVd3LXMwNU5qT2FGN0dmZTlCNjVoUE41clJVeFU2S0hxaks4X1NFYWpuMlBkZXVLbnRTc3M3RUk5WjJ4NkdITWduUG9JTnhkSURRTExQQnFSbFZFNlUyRTM2b0ZXY3RvM1pyN0lvcXFYMnplV2E3SkFHWl9zQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump says Ed Martin, pardon attorney, is departing DOJ<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ABC News &#8211; Breaking News, Latest News and Videos<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxNSzgxNGxELU1RWkE1MEFKREJGb29hLUlOZHpxRHVlRHRjUWhBdV9GSnRBUkRYdkd3dHVMVkQwZ05Wdkw5YlRVUGJyQWVrVjJkc1dNcXI0M1J1NHc5b0xkVWpHcDlQT0NsRWxrb0ZlaXROcEVoczJ3Vm1aQXBRSTdVa2N3RXo0QWPSAYwBQVVfeXFMTnZSRnE5Rktud1VMcVpmTkxsdWh5RGRBdmx3Mm5pRDFUZ2Z1ckVqSkpTRUEyUGh3cHJfS1NZYWhpa1hXOW0tZ24tOXZuUzJWSFhyVHZlaUpISDk5WmNGaXdMUUllMlFIU0x6SkxqQlRKQ0NTSkl1RXZoODhhSGtRX1dfNzZhc2l1Vl84M0I?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Controversial attorney Ed Martin leaving Justice Department<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Martin is leaving DOJ to focus on \u2018legal battles\u2019 in upcoming elections, Trump says&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News Ed Martin leaving Justice Dept. after tumultuous tenure that&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/21\/ed-martin-is-leaving-doj-to-focus-on-legal-battles-in-upcoming-elections-trump-says-nbc-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}