Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has launched an investigation into Ed Martin, who serves as both the pardon attorney and head of the new Weaponization Working Group.

Durbin cited Martin’s “disgraceful tenure” in a prior role as well as his “stated threats to abuse his positions at DOJ” as the rationale behind igniting the probe.

The letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi asks for all Martin’s communications relating both to pardons and any work undertaken for the new working group.

“Following his disgraceful tenure as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of........

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