DC Bar lawyer withdraws from Ed Martin disciplinary case after partisan posts surface

DC Bar lawyer withdraws from Ed Martin disciplinary case after partisan posts surface


A senior Washington, D.C., Bar disciplinary official withdrew from an ethics investigation against U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin after a series of inflammatory social media posts targeting conservatives, Supreme Court justices, and President Donald Trump resurfaced online.

Jack Metzler, a senior assistant disciplinary lawyer with the D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel, stepped away from the Martin investigation over the weekend, according to a court filing. The decision to withdraw came amid mounting scrutiny over his alleged posts on X and Bluesky, some of which have been deleted, that raise questions about the impartiality of the D.C. Bar’s disciplinary process.

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Screenshots circulating online show Metzler mocking Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in multiple posts. In one 2023 message, Metzler wrote, “How do you solve a problem like Alito?”

In another, he called it “embarrassing for Christianity” that Alito

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