The Washington Post (Spencer Hsu) reports:
Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin has dropped plans to investigate the country's most powerful elected Democrat over a statement he made about two conservative Supreme Court justices five years ago, concluding that a probe is unfounded, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
The possibility had been aired by Mr. Martin in a Jan. 21 letter (and again in follow-up letters):
