作者：凯特琳·波朗茨，CNN
更新于1小时48分钟前 | 发布于2026年3月10日，美国东部时间上午9:43
2025年5月13日，美国华盛顿特区，美国哥伦比亚特区代理检察官埃德·马丁在新闻发布会上发言。
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美国哥伦比亚特区一名直言不讳的特朗普政府官员埃德·马丁（Ed Martin）正面临职业道德纪律处分程序。这一消息由哥伦比亚特区职业行为调查员于周二公布，起因是他去年向乔治城大学法学院发送了一封关于该校多元化项目的信件。
根据哥伦比亚特区纪律律师汉密尔顿·福克斯（Hamilton Fox）提交的文件，马丁被正式指控作为律师违反职业道德准则。原因是他去年告知乔治城大学校长，其司法部办公室不会雇佣该校学生，理由是学校的多元化、包容与公平（DEI）举措。
与未经请求的投诉不同，福克斯的正式纪律投诉将启动针对马丁的职业行为调查程序。在此过程中，马丁需回应指控，可能面临处罚或最终被吊销律师执照。
福克斯周二发布的公告标志着特朗普第二任期内，针对支持总统的高调政府官员或律师的首次重大律师协会纪律程序。2020年特朗普政府试图推翻拜登胜选后，包括鲁迪·朱利安尼（Rudy Giuliani）在内的多名特朗普律师曾面临纪律处分，其中朱利安尼最终失去律师执照。
福克斯在投诉中写道：“以公职身份并代表政府行事，他利用胁迫手段惩罚或压制‘不被认可的观点’——即教授和推广‘DEI’理念。他要求乔治城大学放弃言论自由和宗教权利，以继续获得就业机会（其学生的联邦检察官职位）。”
马丁在担任哥伦比亚特区代理检察官期间向乔治城大学法学院发送了这封信。这一职位是司法部的重要职务。当时正值特朗普政府开始打击大学的DEI举措。据信，他声称一名告密者告知他该校在教授和推广DEI。
此外，福克斯指控马丁在得知自己因职业行为接受调查后，直接联系哥伦比亚特区法院法官，而非通过官方渠道沟通，这同样违反了律师职业道德规范。哥伦比亚特区上诉法院最终负责签署律师纪律处分决定。
去年年初，福克斯办公室曾正式要求马丁回应一名退休法官针对乔治城信件的投诉。马丁却转而向哥伦比亚特区法院法官写信抱怨福克斯，声称不会回应纪律顾问的询问，并要求“与你们所有人进行面对面会议以讨论此事并找到前进道路”。他还将信件抄送白宫法律顾问“以便了解情况，因为解决此问题的重要性”。
哥伦比亚特区法院最高法官告知马丁，法院不会就纪律事项与他会面，他需遵守程序。
目前，司法部律师正在代表马丁应对指控。司法部发言人抨击福克斯的投诉称：“哥伦比亚特区律师协会试图针对和惩罚服务于特朗普总统的人员，却拒绝调查或处理拜登和奥巴马政府律师犯下的实际职业道德违规行为，这清楚表明该党派组织的议程。”
随着福克斯的投诉，律师协会纪律机构将进入多个调查步骤。福克斯未具体说明若纪律委员会和法院最终认定马丁违反职业道德，应如何斥责或处罚他。
美国司法部发言人周二上午未立即回应置评请求。
最近几天，司法部长帕姆·邦迪（Pam Bondi）宣布其办公室将在审查针对司法部律师的纪律投诉方面发挥更有力作用，这可能使司法部与律师协会陷入持续对立。
CNN的宝拉·里德（Paula Reid）对本报道有贡献。
Ed Martin, outspoken Justice Department lawyer, is formally accused of ethical violations
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN
Updated 1 hr 48 min ago | Published Mar 10, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin speaks during a press conference on May 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Ed Martin, an outspoken Trump administration official, is facing attorney discipline proceedings in Washington, DC, for a letter he sent to Georgetown Law about its diversity programs, the district’s professional conduct investigator announced on Tuesday.
Martin is formally accused of violating his ethical codes as an attorney for telling Georgetown Law’s dean last year that his Justice Department office wouldn’t hire students because of the school’s diversity, inclusion and equity initiatives programs, according to the filing from Hamilton Fox, the disciplinary counsel for DC who acts as a quasi-prosecutor on attorney discipline matters.
Unlike unsolicited complaints, Fox’s formal disciplinary complaint kicks off professional conduct proceedings for Martin in which he will need to respond and could be sanctioned or ultimately lose his law license.
Fox’s announcement on Tuesday marks the first major bar discipline proceeding against a high-profile administration official or attorney supporting President Donald Trump during Trump’s second term. Several Trump lawyers faced disciplinary proceedings after the efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election, including Rudy Giuliani, who lost his law license.
“Acting in his official capacity and speaking on behalf of the government, he used coercion to punish or suppress a disfavored viewpoint, the teaching and promotion of ‘DEI,’” Fox wrote in the complaint. “He demanded that Georgetown Law relinquish its free speech and religious rights in order to continue to obtain a benefit, employment opportunities for its students.”
FILE – Ed Martin speaks at an event hosted by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
Martin was removed from the top prosecutor job in DC after senators made clear he would not be confirmed to the role, but has remained at the Justice Department in several roles, including as pardon attorney.
“Mr. Martin knew or should have known that, as a government official, his conduct violated the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States,” Fox wrote.
Martin is being represented by a Justice Department attorney, a source told CNN.
A spokesperson for DOJ attacked Fox’s complaint. “The DC bar’s attempt to target and punish those serving President Trump while refusing to investigate or act against actual ethical violations that were committed by Biden and Obama administration attorneys is a clear indication of this partisan organization’s agenda,” DOJ said.
Martin had sent the letter to Georgetown Law while serving temporarily as US attorney for DC, a prominent Justice Department position, and told the school his federal prosecutors’ office wouldn’t hire Georgetown’s law school students. It came at a time when the Trump administration was beginning to crack down on universities for their DEI efforts.
In his letter, Martin claimed a whistleblower told him that the school was teaching and promoting DEI.
Martin also violated attorney ethics rules by contacting judges of the DC court directly, Fox alleged, rather than going through official channels, once he was informed he was under investigation for his professional conduct. The DC Court of Appeals ultimately signs off on attorney discipline findings.
Early last year, Fox’s office had formally asked Martin to respond to a complaint it received by a retired judge regarding the Georgetown letter.
Martin instead wrote to the judges on the DC court complaining about Fox.
“In that letter, he stated that he would not be responding to Disciplinary Counsel’s inquiry, complained about Disciplinary Counsel’s ‘uneven behavior,’ and requested a ‘face-to-face meeting with all of you to discuss this matter and find a way forward,’” Fox wrote.
“He copied the White House Counsel ‘for informational purposes because of the importance of getting this issue addressed,’” Fox said.
The top judge in the DC courts told Martin the court wouldn’t meet with him about the disciplinary matter and that he would need to follow procedure.
With Fox’s complaint, there will now be several steps ahead of bar discipline authorities looking at Martin’s action, and Fox didn’t specify how Martin should be reprimanded or punished if the discipline boards and the court ultimately determine he violated his ethical codes.
Spokespeople for the Justice Department didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday morning.
In recent days, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced her office would have a more powerful role in reviewing attorney discipline complaints against Justice Department attorneys, potentially setting up an approach that could keep the department at odds with the bar on behalf of DOJ attorneys facing their own individual disciplinary proceedings.
CNN’s Paula Reid contributed to this report.
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