The temperature was in the 80s, but Department of Justice (DOJ) special attorney Ed Martin was wearing a trench coat in a photo he tweeted of himself standing outside New York State Attorney General Letitia James’ home this month.

“Good morning, America. How are ya’?” the accompanying message read.

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Martin was there to gloat as director of the DOJ’s Weaponization Working Group, which is tasked with investigating the Biden administration’s supposed use of the law to target political opponents.

Martin’s office had received a criminal referral charging James with petty mortgage fraud. This signaled that he would now be using the law as a weapon, to do to James exactly what she had supposedly done to President Donald Trump.

The first comment in response to Martin’s posting was from retired Gen. Mike Flynn, a right-wing zealot who briefly served as Trump’s national security adviser at the start of his first term.

“I’m loving the Colombo [sic] look. Always solved the problems. Go get’m!” Flynn wrote.

Flynn’s tenure lasted just 22 days before he was charged with lying to the FBI about his conversations with a Russian diplomat during the presidential transition period. He was replaced by retired Gen. Keith Kellogg, who was less extreme, as were many others in the White House who formed what were often........

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