BREAKING: Trump Pulls Ed Martin Nomination For DC US Attorney After Tillis Derails Confirmation – Ed Martin Responds
President Trump said he will pull Ed Martin’s nomination for DC US Attorney and announce his replacement in a few days.
Time was running out as the May 20 deadline to confirm Ed Martin approached.
If Ed Martin wasn’t confirmed, Judge Boasberg would have picked the next US Attorney for DC.
This way President Trump will be able to choose the US Attorney.
“I was disappointed,” Trump said of the lack of support for Ed Martin after Senator Tillis opposed his confirmation.
“He’s a terrific person,” Trump said of Ed Martin. “He wasn’t getting the support from people that I thought. He’s done a very good job. Crime is down 25% in DC.”
“We have somebody else that will be great. I just want to say, Ed is unbelievable. Hopefully we can bring him into, whether it’s DOJ or whatever in some capacity,” Trump said.
Trump added, “We have somebody else that we will be announcing in the next two days.”
WATCH:
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON ED MARTIN:
He’s a terrific person. He’s unbelievable. Hopefully we can bring him into, whether it’s DOJ or whatever.
I’m very disappointed he wasn’t getting the support. We have somebody else that will be great. pic.twitter.com/RKAwTF2mfW
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) May 8, 2025
On Tuesday Senator Tillis, who voted to confirm Biden’s radical pick for Attorney General Merrick Garland, told reporters that he opposes the nomination of Ed Martin for DC US Attorney for political reasons.
“I have no tolerance for anybody who entered the building on January the 6th, and that’s probably where most of the friction was,” Tillis said.
Tillis admitted Ed Martin was doing a great job with his investigation into Biden US Attorney Matthew Graves’ unlawful use of the 1512(c)(2) obstruction charge to lock up January 6 defendants.
However, he will be opposing Ed Martin’s nomination for political reasons.
“If Mr. Martin were being put forth as a US Attorney for any district except the district where January 6 happened, the protest happened, I’d probably support him, but not in this district,” Tillis said in a shocking admission to CNN’s Manu Raju.
WATCH:
BREAKING GOP Senator Thom Tillis says he OPPOSES the nomination of Ed Martin for DC US Attorney.
“At this point I’ve indicated to the White House I wouldn’t support his nomination.” pic.twitter.com/PqJOiJc4PO
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 6, 2025
Tillis gloated on Wednesday after Trump appeared to have backed off on Ed Martin’s nomination.
“People don’t believe me when I say I think I have a good relationship with President Trump but I still think I have a good relationship with President Trump. I’m trying to watch his back,” Tillis said to CNN reporter Manu Raju on Wednesday evening.
To lighten things up, Ed Martin posted a photo of himself as the new Pope as white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel.
Plot twist … pic.twitter.com/Nwi24CmnQL
— Ed Martin (@EagleEdMartin) May 8, 2025
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