President Donald Trump said on Feb. 17 that he’s nominating Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, to permanently assume the post.
“Since Inauguration Day, Ed has been doing a great job as Interim U.S. Attorney, fighting tirelessly to restore Law and Order, and make our Nation’s Capital Safe and Beautiful Again,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, the president’s social media platform.
“He will get the job done.”
Martin was appointed on an interim basis shortly after Trump was sworn in on Jan. 20.
He later announced an investigation into how federal prosecutors in Washington handled cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Martin said the use of the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding, which U.S. Supreme Court justices have said was misinterpreted by prosecutors, was “a great failure of our office.”…