Donald Trump intends to keep an election denier as the top prosecutor in Washington, D.C.
The president announced Monday he was nominating Ed Martin, who represented some Jan. 6 rioters in court, to a full term as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a role he had been serving on an interim basis since Trump returned to office.
"Ed has led a distinguished career of service, including as Human Rights Office Director for the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis, where he supervised legal clinics for low-income residents," Trump posted on Truth Social. "He later worked as judicial clerk to Judge Pasco M. Bowman, II, of the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals, and launched his own successful Law practice. He has also invested his expertise in other roles, but always with the same goal, of serving his community, and creating a brighter future for all."
"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 added. "He will get the job done. Congratulations Ed!"
The 54-year-old Martin helped organize the "Stop the Steal" movement after Trump's 2020 election loss and represented some of the president's supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to keep him in office.
Trump pardoned all of those Jan. 6 defendants immediately upon taking office last month, and Martin fired about 30 prosecutors who had worked on those cases and has signaled that he intends to investigate Democratic leaders and former Justice Department officials who had been involved in those prosecutions.
