The U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. — Ed Martin, who was appointed by President Donald Trump — has launched an inquiry into a critical comment Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, recently made about Elon Musk.

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, has been accused by the Trump administration of a threat against a public official for his apparent criticism of Elon Musk in a televised interview, according to a letter posted online,

The Justice Department is pressing Congressman Robert Garcia for answers after his comments about Elon Musk. Garcia, calling him the D word and saying that democrats should bring "actual weapons to this bar fight.

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, right, joins former Vice President Joe Biden as they tour the Gerald Desmond replacement bridge project in Long Beach on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (Photo by Scott Varley/MediaNews Group/Torrance Daily Breeze via Getty Images)

Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democratic darling from Long Beach, is facing scrutiny from President Trump's Department of Justice for his recent comments about Elon Musk. Garcia has skewered Musk on several occasions since the billionaire began his mission to gut the federal government using his newly created Department of Government Efficiency,

"Trump’s Department of Justice is targeting me for criticizing Elon Musk. Members of Congress have a right to speak freely and oppose the Administration – especially as they try to destroy our agencies and federal institutions,

Ed Martin, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has sent letters to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), accusing the two of threatening public