Nomination Ed MartinPresident Trump is a controversial choice for U.S. attorneys in the District of Columbia and could be in danger.Stop stealing “Advocate Who supports it The thug on January 6 Try to seek adequate Republican support in the Senate.
Senator Thom Tillis, a Republican of North Carolina, announced Tuesday that he would not support Martin's nomination. Therefore, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Martin's nomination may not be a floor vote from the judicial panel. The committee has 12 Republicans and 10 Democrats, meaning that if everyone votes by partisan and Republicans don't lose, Martin's nomination will end in a tie.
"I think it shows that he may not withdraw from the committee," Thun told reporters on Tuesday.
Tillis told reporters that he "sayed to the White House that I do not support his nomination."
"Most of my concerns have to do with January 6," Tillis told reporters, adding: "There is no tolerance for anyone entering the building on January 6, which is probably where most frictions are."
"If Mr. Martin was taken as an American lawyer, any area except the area that took place on January 6, protests occurred, I might support him," Tillis said.
Dick Durbin, the top Democratic Senator on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Martin’s “writing is on the wall.”
President Trump nominated Martin to run the position in a position prosecuting more than 1,500 congressional defendants, although Martin had previously worked to defend some of the same people. Since inauguration Day, Martin has served as the district's top prosecutor in acting.
Martin Already said He shared Trump's views on the Capitol attack, which was a "day of love" and he has fired some prosecutors in the January 6 case.
Martin's term as a temporary attorney will expire on May 20.
A reporter asked at his weekly press conference later Tuesday whether he would move out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Duer said: "If and when we come, we will cross that bridge, but ultimately it will be the first decision the Judiciary Committee makes."