Trump's nomination of Ed Martin as DC's U.S. attorney comes amid a 21% rise in homicides compared to last year. Acting U.S. Attorney Martin, with minimal prosecutorial experience, has dismissed ...

Martin's term as interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. is set to expire on May 20. Update: 5/8/25, 7:22 p.m. ET: This article and the headline were updated after Trump formally announced Pirro ...

Martin had been serving as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia on an interim basis since just after Trump, a Republican, was sworn in for his second term on ... office on DC violent street ...

Pirro is replacing Ed Martin, whose term expired because he couldn’t secure enough votes in the Senate for the permanent ... States Attorney for the District of Columbia,” Trump announced ...

The president also has not said whether he intended to nominate Pirro for a full term as U.S. attorney. Trump similarly named Martin on short ... Jan. 6 will tell us whether there are any in ...

President Donald Trump picked Fox News ... support the nomination due to Martin's positions on Jan. 6 defendants. "If Mr. Martin were being put forth as a US attorney for any district except ...