President Trump is withdrawing his nomination of Ed Martin to serve as Washington, DC’s top federal prosecutor, he revealed Thursday after Senate Republicans balked at Martin’s past defenses of Capitol rioters.
“He’s a terrific person, and he wasn’t getting the support from people that I thought,” Trump said of Martin, whose period as acting DC US attorney will expire May 20.
“I can only lift that little phone so many times in a day, but we have somebody else that will be great,” he added.
Without a confirmed US attorney, DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg would be able to select a replacement, which would likely rankle the president and his top advisers, like White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who have lashed out at the judge’s rulings attempting to block Trump’s deportations of purported gang members.
A White House aide confirmed to The Post that the president would be selecting a new nominee — but didn’t immediately divulge their identity. A report from ABC News that current Fox News host Jeanine Pirro could replace Martin as interim DC US attorney could not immediately be confirmed.
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