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\u201cGood morning, America. How are ya\u2019?\u201d Martin captioned his photo with Brand, which he posted Monday on his official X account.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Brand, 50, who starred in \u201cForgetting Sarah Marshall\u201d (2008) and whose voice appears in the animated \u201cDespicable Me\u201d series, has taken a rightward shift<\/a> in recent years, leaning into conspiracy theories<\/a> in his online content.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n He <\/span>was charged<\/a> in the United Kingdom earlier this year with rape and sexual assault following an 18-month investigation into incidents that allegedly took place between 1999 and 2005. He pleaded not<\/a> guilty in a London court. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Back in the U.S., Brand is <\/span>facing a lawsuit<\/a> filed in New York by a woman who accused him of assaulting her while filming \u201cArthur\u201d in 2010. The suit is ongoing, according to court records, and Brand has denied the woman\u2019s allegations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Martin\u2019s post on Monday received backlash<\/a> on social<\/a> media in light<\/a> of the allegations against Brand and the Trump administration\u2019s ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Neither Brand nor Martin immediately responded to questions from celebrity.land on how they came to meet. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Stacey Young, a former federal attorney who stepped down from the Department of Justice amid a series of resignations<\/a> and firings<\/a> during the early months of Trump\u2019s second term, slammed Martin on LinkedIn<\/a>, calling him a \u2018failed D.C. U.S. Attorney nominee.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Young\u2019s remarks are in reference to Trump dropping Martin <\/a>as his nominee for the post after Martin served as the interim U.S. attorney for D.C. for months. Martin bounced back into a new government position as pardon attorney <\/a>and director of the DOJ\u2019s Weaponization Working Group in May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Young also condemned the timing of Martin\u2019s post, saying that it comes as the DOJ is canceling grants<\/a> that would help sexual assault survivors and has left the victims of Jeffrey Epstein \u201cas an afterthought.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cEd Martin\u2019s post encapsulates the callousness, hypocrisy, and misogyny oozing from DOJ\u2019s current leadership,\u201d Young wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Former Pardon Attorney Elizabeth Oyer, who claimed she <\/span>was fired<\/span><\/a> in March after refusing to restore actor and Trump pal <\/span>Mel Gibson\u2019s<\/span><\/a> gun rights, replied to <\/span>Young\u2019s post.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n 20 Years Of<\/span>Free<\/span>Journalism<\/span><\/p>\n Your Support<\/span>Fuels<\/span>Our Mission<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Your Support<\/span>Fuels<\/span>Our Mission<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n