Trump Appoints Ed Martin to DOJ Working Group and Office of the Pardon Attorney
- Donald Trump appointed Ed Martin to the Department of Justice after withdrawing his nomination for permanent U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., due to bipartisan opposition in the Senate.
- Ed Martin faced criticism for using his role as a U.S. Attorney to aid Trump's political agenda, which reportedly contributed to the failure of his nomination.
- In Martin's place, Trump appointed Jeanine Pirro, who has been a strong defender of Trump and is set to oversee the office.
- The announcement reflects a strategy by the Trump administration to avoid Senate confirmations for U.S. Attorney positions.
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Trump Appoints Ed Martin to DOJ Task Force, After Pulling Nomination to Be DC's Federal Prosecutor - The Virginia Star
by Natalia Mittelstadt President Trump is appointing Ed Martin, who was his first choice for U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., to be director of the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group and the U.S. pardon attorney. “Ed Martin has done an AMAZING job as interim U.S. Attorney, and will be moving to the Department of Justice as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorn…
Trump Appoints Ed Martin to DOJ Task Force, After Pulling Nomination to Be DC’s Federal Prosecutor | The Star News Network
by Natalia Mittelstadt President Trump is appointing Ed Martin, who was his first choice for U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., to be director of the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group and the U.S. pardon attorney. “Ed Martin has done an AMAZING job as interim U.S. Attorney, and will be moving to the Department of Justice as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorn…
'They’re all bad': George Conway explains GOP’s 'political calculus' with 'crazy' Trump DOJ picks
Although attorney George Conway is a veteran of the conservative legal movement, he aggressively supported Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election and another Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, four years later. President Donald Trump is now three and one-half months into his nonconsecutive second term, which Conway — a scathing critic of Trump and the far-right MAGA movement — views as a nonstop assault on the rule of law.Durin…
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