Ed Martin (intro by Charlie Kirk)

Yeah, and it was even better than that, to be honest. I mean, what happened, these are nuts and bolts of an office, but, you know, a prosecutor's office, the D.C. office is the greatest in the country because half of it is the local crime. The other half is a big federal district, you know, federal U.S. attorney's office. As to the local crime, we flipped everything on its head.

Yeah, and it was even better than that, to be honest. I mean, what happened, these are nuts and bolts of an office, but, you know, a prosecutor's office, the D.C. office is the greatest in the country because half of it is the local crime. The other half is a big federal district, you know, federal U.S. attorney's office. As to the local crime, we flipped everything on its head.

My predecessor did everything by email. We asked the cops and the prosecutors to get face to face. And when you're face to face, you figure out how to charge these things. You figure out how to manage a case. And so we changed our papering rules. They call it how you charge cases. As you said, we told our prosecutors, you don't get to turn down misdemeanors because you don't like them.

My predecessor did everything by email. We asked the cops and the prosecutors to get face to face. And when you're face to face, you figure out how to charge these things. You figure out how to manage a case. And so we changed our papering rules. They call it how you charge cases. As you said, we told our prosecutors, you don't get to turn down misdemeanors because you don't like them.

My predecessor did everything by email. We asked the cops and the prosecutors to get face to face. And when you're face to face, you figure out how to charge these things. You figure out how to manage a case. And so we changed our papering rules. They call it how you charge cases. As you said, we told our prosecutors, you don't get to turn down misdemeanors because you don't like them.

A lot of times prosecutors don't want to be bothered. A misdemeanor is hard to do. You don't get much of a penalty. The juries are hard. No. If somebody breaks a rule, we're going to charge them. We're going to charge them. As John Ashcroft, famous memo, he said, we're going to charge with the most readily provable crime you charge. And so we were doing that. We also changed the rules.

A lot of times prosecutors don't want to be bothered. A misdemeanor is hard to do. You don't get much of a penalty. The juries are hard. No. If somebody breaks a rule, we're going to charge them. We're going to charge them. As John Ashcroft, famous memo, he said, we're going to charge with the most readily provable crime you charge. And so we were doing that. We also changed the rules.

A lot of times prosecutors don't want to be bothered. A misdemeanor is hard to do. You don't get much of a penalty. The juries are hard. No. If somebody breaks a rule, we're going to charge them. We're going to charge them. As John Ashcroft, famous memo, he said, we're going to charge with the most readily provable crime you charge. And so we were doing that. We also changed the rules.

My predecessor did not fight to get assaults on police officers. A lot of times those are misdemeanors. And they say, well, it's too much trouble. No, if you touch a cop in the district, you know, if you spit on a cop, I have some experience now of that. If you do any of those things, you should be charged no matter what the charge is.

My predecessor did not fight to get assaults on police officers. A lot of times those are misdemeanors. And they say, well, it's too much trouble. No, if you touch a cop in the district, you know, if you spit on a cop, I have some experience now of that. If you do any of those things, you should be charged no matter what the charge is.

My predecessor did not fight to get assaults on police officers. A lot of times those are misdemeanors. And they say, well, it's too much trouble. No, if you touch a cop in the district, you know, if you spit on a cop, I have some experience now of that. If you do any of those things, you should be charged no matter what the charge is.

And the law officers, the cops said, hey, we can feel you're on our side. So, again, that was the vision the president had. Last one, by the way, if you want to stop violent crime, you can run around and have conversations about lots of things. But the most likely way to slow it is to get people, men mostly, with guns off the streets.

And the law officers, the cops said, hey, we can feel you're on our side. So, again, that was the vision the president had. Last one, by the way, if you want to stop violent crime, you can run around and have conversations about lots of things. But the most likely way to slow it is to get people, men mostly, with guns off the streets.

And the law officers, the cops said, hey, we can feel you're on our side. So, again, that was the vision the president had. Last one, by the way, if you want to stop violent crime, you can run around and have conversations about lots of things. But the most likely way to slow it is to get people, men mostly, with guns off the streets.

And we targeted the people with guns and we got them off the street. And in two months, and that was March and April, and May's numbers are still climbing, we charged almost as many gun crimes in March and April as my predecessor did all last year, okay? So that's the difference.

And we targeted the people with guns and we got them off the street. And in two months, and that was March and April, and May's numbers are still climbing, we charged almost as many gun crimes in March and April as my predecessor did all last year, okay? So that's the difference.

And we targeted the people with guns and we got them off the street. And in two months, and that was March and April, and May's numbers are still climbing, we charged almost as many gun crimes in March and April as my predecessor did all last year, okay? So that's the difference.

And look, if you get a guy with a gun off the streets in D.C., you get somebody off the streets who's probably not going to Boy Scouts, probably not going to be part of the Rotary Club, right? He's doing other things. And so the cascading effect is... is very, very effective. And we were doing that and we'll continue to do it.

And look, if you get a guy with a gun off the streets in D.C., you get somebody off the streets who's probably not going to Boy Scouts, probably not going to be part of the Rotary Club, right? He's doing other things. And so the cascading effect is... is very, very effective. And we were doing that and we'll continue to do it.

And look, if you get a guy with a gun off the streets in D.C., you get somebody off the streets who's probably not going to Boy Scouts, probably not going to be part of the Rotary Club, right? He's doing other things. And so the cascading effect is... is very, very effective. And we were doing that and we'll continue to do it.