President Donald Trump said on May 8 that he was pulling Ed Martin’s nomination to lead the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia after a key Senate Republican announced he wouldn’t support the nominee.
Martin, a conservative attorney and longtime activist, has been serving as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
“He’s a terrific person, and he wasn’t getting the support from people that I thought—he’s done a very good job,” Trump said in the Oval Office.
The president said he was disappointed that the nominee did not receive enough Senate support....
