OPERATION WHIRLWIND: Top D.C. Prosecutor Targets Chuck Schumer In Threats Probe

U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, recently appointed by President Trump, has launched an investigation into threats made against DOGE workers.

As part of the investigation, Martin is targeting Chuck Schumer, specifically regarding threats he made against Supreme Court justices back in 2020.

Martin sent Schumer a letter asking him to answer for the threatening comments made during a pro-abortion rally.

“I want to tell you Gorsuch. I want to tell you Kavanaugh,” Chuck Schumer had told rally-goers,  “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.”

Here’s the letter Martin sent to Schumer:

President Trump’s US Attorney Ed Martin has sent a letter to Chuck Schumer regarding his threats against Supreme Court Justices.

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— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) February 2, 2025

NEW: Here is the letter Ed Martin sent to Chuck Schumer related to threats Schumer made to Kavanaugh and Gorsuch in 2020 as the court was hearing oral arguments in a high profile abortion case. pic.twitter.com/H1trx7RvGQ

— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) February 2, 2025

In case that’s difficult to read, here’s the full transcript of the letter:

Dear Senator Schumer,

As United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, I receive requests for information and clarification. I take these requests seriously and act on them with letters like this one you are receiving.

At this time, I respectfully request that you clarify your comments from March 4, 2020. Your comments were at a private rally off the campus of the U.S. Capitol. You made them clearly and in a way that many found threatening. Your exact words were:

“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.” Link here: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/03/04/schumer-gorsuch-kavanaugh-supreme-court-abortion-lead-vpx.cnn

We take threats against public officials very seriously. I look forward to your cooperation with my letter of inquiry after request. Should you have further questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to call my office or schedule a time to meet in person.

Thank you.

All the best.

Sincerely,

Edward R. Martin, Jr.

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For reference, here’s the clip of Schumer making the comments about SCOTUS Justices in question:

Letter of "inquiry" sent by Acting DC US Attorney Ed Martin ……he is investigating Schumer for his threats against SCOTUS Justices.

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— Spitfire (@DogRightGirl) February 1, 2025

Sounds a lot like a threat to me…

Schumer’s comments even inspired the name of the investigation: Operation Whirlwind.

How fitting.

I have a feeling a lot of folks are in for a whirlwind of trouble soon…

Reuters has more details on the investigation:

The top U.S. prosecutor in Washington launched an investigation on Wednesday into threats against federal workers, and said the department would probe Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, after people working in Elon Musk‘s drive to downsize and overhaul the government said they had been threatened.

Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin said in an email seen by Reuters that the probe was inspired by a conversation with an employee of billionaire Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, an entity created by Republican President Donald Trump.

DOGE has triggered a wave of layoffs across the federal government.

“Late last night I took a call from a senior DOGE staffer. We spoke about some pressing tech issues and then he told me about threats against DOGE workers. It is despicable that these men and women are being threatened,” Martin said in the email.

Martin named the initiative “Operation Whirlwind,” saying Schumer, the top Democrat in the Republican-led U.S. Senate, is the subject of a threats investigation. Schumer spoke out against Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh at a 2020 abortion rights rally by saying: “You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price.”

“I reached out to Senator Schumer to investigate his threats,” Martin said. “He has not yet responded to me.”