<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Marshall_(attorney)" type="external">Amanda Marshall</a> was Oregon&#8217;s federal district attorney. Then the scandals started catching up to her. Let&#8217;s recap her sordid history.</p> 
<p>Appointed by Obama in 2011, <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/04/oregon_us_attorney_amanda_mars.html" type="external">Marshall resigned in 2015</a> after <a href="http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-32952-u-s-attorney-amanda-marshall-allegedly-stalked-subordinate.html" type="external">allegedly stalking a subordinate</a> and having an affair, and later faced internal probes (no pun intended).</p> 
<p><a href="http://kval.com/news/local/a-sentence-grossly-disproportionate-to-the-severity-of-the-offenses-here" type="external">Marshall is the DA who pursued charges, even to the point of double jeopardy, against Dwight and Steven Hammond</a>, the eastern Oregon ranchers who preemptively set controlled burns to stop wildfires from encroaching on their property. After already serving time in federal prison, Marshall encouraged the judge to re-imprison them for a harsher sentence. Those actions are what prompted the Malheur Wildlife Refuge protests in early 2016.</p> 
<p>In 2014, <a href="http://www.progressivestoday.com/you-wont-believe-what-these-anti-gun-folks-are-openly-saying/" type="external">Marshall was caught on camera conspiring with Gabby Gifford&#8217;s gun control group</a>, Americans For Responsible Solutions, to scheme up new gun control laws and propaganda. She spoke of wanting to force county Sheriffs to enforce federal gun laws, while also being <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/10/oregons_top_federal_prosecutor_1.html" type="external">one of the voices saying that local law enforcement shouldn&#8217;t enforce federal immigration laws.</a></p> 
<p>Of course the anti gun folks were more than happy to <a href="https://newtrajectory.blogspot.com/2014/01/remarks-on-gun-violence-from-us.html?m=0" type="external">feature Amanda Marshall as a guest speaker at a summit</a> presented by Ceasefire Oregon and &#8220;Oregon Alliance To Prevent Gun Violence&#8221;.</p> 
<p>Now she faces ethics complaints with the Oregon State Bar. <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2017/10/oregon_state_bar_authorizes_fo.html" type="external">The Oregonian reports</a>:</p> 
<q> <p>The panel determined there was probable cause to bring ethics charges against Marshall for violating rules dealing with honesty and trustworthiness.</p> <p>The case now advances to the trial phase. A panel will convene, likely sometime in the spring, to determine if Marshall has engaged in misconduct. Punishment for ethics violations range from a public reprimand to a suspension or disbarment.</p> <p>The disciplinary board identified two rules Marshall may have violated, one involving criminal conduct that reflects poorly on a lawyer&#8217;s honesty and trustworthiness or fitness and the other dealing with conduct involving fraud and dishonesty.</p> <p>Marshall&#8217;s lawyer, Allison Martin Rhodes, said Monday that Marshall &#8220;has always acknowledged&#8221; that she &#8220;was not completely truthful&#8221; when asked by a superior about the relationship.</p> <p>Martin Rhodes has said Marshall lied when asked if she had sex with her subordinate but was subsequently forthcoming in a four-hour interview with authorities.</p> <p>The professional standards agency opened an investigation last year after the U.S. Department of Justice&#8217;s inspector general found Marshall had engaged in a yearlong &#8220;intimate and personal&#8221; relationship with a subordinate.</p> <p>The inspector general said Marshall, who now practices law in McMinnville, violated sexual harassment laws, lied to investigators and tried to block the investigation.</p> <p>The Inspector General&#8217;s Office in March 2015 opened an investigation of Marshall. She took a leave of absence that month, citing health reasons that included post-traumatic stress disorder. She officially resigned on May 15, 2015, amid the internal review.</p> </q> 
<p>It&#8217;s just fitting that someone with ties to the Obama administration and anti-gun organizations is caught up in a series of scandals and lies.</p> 
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Scandal-Plagued Obama Appointed Attorney Now Faces State Ethics Charges