The Washington, DC, US legal professional’s workplace has launched an investigation into alleged “threats against public officials” made by Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) in opposition to Supreme Courtroom justices and Elon Musk.
Garcia, who has served within the Home of Representatives since 2023, was accused by interim DC US Legal professional Ed Martin of threatening DOGE chief Musk throughout a CNN interview earlier this month.
“[W]hen asked how Democrats can stop Elon Musk, you spoke clearly,” Martin wrote in a Monday letter to Garcia, which the congressman posted on X.
“What the American public wants is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. This is an actual fight for democracy,” Garcia informed CNN host Brianna Keilar on Feb. 12, after a heated Home listening to on DOGE.
Martin stated the comment “sounds to some like a threat to Mr. Musk — an appointed representative of President Donald Trump who you call a ‘d–k’ — and government staff who work for him.”
“Their concerns have led to this inquiry,” the interim DC US legal professional defined.
Martin requested Garcia to “clarify” his feedback from the CNN interview by Feb. 24.
“We take threats against public officials very seriously,” he added.
Schumer obtained the same letter from Martin final month, associated to language he directed at Supreme Courtroom Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh on March 4, 2020, in keeping with the Washington Put up.
“I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions,” the New York Democrat stated throughout an abortion rights rally outdoors the Supreme Courtroom.
Martin argued that Schumer’s comment was made “in a way that many found threatening.”
The interim US legal professional additionally requested Schumer to “clarify” his feedback.
A Schumer aide responded to Martin on Feb. 6 and stated the senator’s feedback “were not a threat to physically harm any person.”
The aide additionally referred the prosecutor to Schumer’s feedback from the Senate flooring the day after the rally.
“Now, I should not have used the words I used yesterday,” Schumer stated on March 5, 2020. “ They didn’t come out the way I intended to.”
“My point was that there would be political consequences – political consequences – for President Trump and Senate Republicans if the Supreme Court, with the newly confirmed Justices, stripped away a woman’s right to choose,” he added on the time.
Representatives for Garcia and the DC US legal professional’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to The Put up’s requests for remark.
A spokesperson for Schumer informed The Put up that “Sen. Schumer’s office received the original letter dated January 21, 2025 on February 4th, 2025, responding to the inquiry on February 6, 2025.”
In an X submit, Garcia indicated that he’ll “not be silenced” regardless of the letter.
“So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter,” Garcia wrote. “Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration.”
“I will not be silenced.”
