Posted on 05/08/2025 9:41:11 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will replace interim U.S. attorney Ed Martin, his embattled nominee to serve as the top prosecutor for D.C., after 15 tumultuous weeks in office marked by his threats to investigate Trump’s perceived political adversaries and firings and demotions of career prosecutors who investigated the president and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
Martin, 55, an ardent Trump loyalist whom the president named to a 120-day interim post on Inauguration Day, can serve until May 20.
Addressing reporters, Trump praised Martin and expressed disappointment at the Senate’s refusal to advance his nomination.
“I just want to say Ed is unbelievable. And hopefully we can bring him in too, whether it’s DOJ or whatever, in some capacity,” Trump said in response to questions after a White House announcement on a trade agreement with the United Kingdom. “We have somebody else that we’ll be announcing over the next two days who’s going to be great.”
Martin, a pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” and antiabortion activist with no prior experience as a trial lawyer or prosecutor, has been a polarizing figure from his first day overseeing the nation’s largest and one of its most powerful U.S. attorney offices. The D.C. office has more than 350 prosecutors and unique authority to prosecute both local and federal crimes in the nation’s capital, as well as public corruption, national security and other sensitive matters in the seat of the federal government.
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This stops Boas from making the appointment.
“Roy Cooper is the Rat nominee, and Lara Trump would fare no better against Cooper either.”
Can a whole state’s population be that stupid. When Republicans run, do they highlight, loudly proclaim the democrat record — invasion of tens of millions of people, DEI, mutilation of young children, millions of abortions, etc?
Well, on second thought, they probably don’t. They don’t want to be called racist.
it’s always busy
I don’t like Cooper of course. But to my knowledge he did nothing for western NC flooding (Helene). Trump DID.
Why? Because a friggin’ “Republican” doese’t like him? The Far Left wins another one without even using up another retarded, jughead junior “district” judgey. Let’s Go, Brandon. FSCOTUS.
I don’t think anyone but Trump or Leavitt should ever say anything to the press, not even “Good Morning”, shun them, ignore them, no eye contact, nothing...
I like Trump and want him to go NUCLEAR, like my tagline. Invest in an engine block grinder and start dropping the deep state right down to the local antifa goon right in there on live tv until all resistance is eliminated.
Mark Levin.
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Have him resign and put in a temporary replacement so Judge Boasberg can’t assign anybody.
Matt Gaetz.
I’m done with the Republicans.
No money or votes from me.
Then have the DOJ prosecute and jail Thom Tillis and his wife, get Tillis replaced on the committee when he’s kicked out of office, and re-nominate Ed Martin for the permanent position.
They feared Martin for a reason.
Well if you love him, quit calling him “Stable Genius” or otherwise bagging on him.
You get more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.
Just move him around the country to be AG there. Can’t an AG just charge anyone, anywhere? That how the Judges do it…..
Why did Trump cave? First Gaetz and now Martin. Use Tilliss recent problems against him.
“Damn Tillis …. sabotage success!”
Yes. Martin was a FANTASTIC choice. It is infuriating that Tillis is another Murkowsky / Collins / McCain.
Ya know Trump will give Martin a better job.
Tillis must go. He must face the most extreme political penalty
Ya know Trump will give Martin a better job.
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