Nearly 100 former employees and prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C. have signed a memorandum against President Trump Nominee Leader's Office.

The memorandum is the latest effort by critics, acting DCUS attorney Ed Martin blocked his Senate from confirming his permanent post, one of the country's most powerful federal prosecutor positions. The letter was signed by a group of former prosecutors who served in the DCUS Lawyer's Office for seventy years by Lyndon B. Johnson's Lyndon B.

The memorandum is a copy shared with CBS News, demanding that Martin's nomination be rejected.

"There was a time when we were all asked to represent the full equitable administration of justice and the rule of law," the memo said. "For those who had served in the U.S. Attorney's Office and still held their breath, now is the time now. What we are saying is, rejection - thoroughly and completely - completely - proposed nominees. Whether our message is futile or not, it is an expression of our conscience, it is a matter of our principles, and we can fill all our strength."

In President Trump's Inauguration ceremony and was soon nominated for a confirmed position in the Senate.

His nomination has been a controversial flashpoint since the beginning of the Trump administration. Martin lacks any experience in prosecution, served as an advocate in the "Stop Steal" campaign that denies the 2020 election results, and has served as a defense attorney The Capitol riot on January 6 The case and fired some lawyers who were sued on January 6.

Senate Democrat and first California Democrat Adam Schiff, Sen. Adam Schiff, slammed Martin's selection, saying Martin's role as an American lawyer is ineligible and dangerous. Schiff has place In terms of Martin's nomination, an attempt was made to slow down the confirmation process.

Schiff and other Senate Democrats have also requested a confirmation hearing for Martin's nomination, which, if approved, would be the first confirmation hearing for U.S. prosecutor nominees in 40 years.

Among the nearly 100 former assistant attorneys lobbying for Martin’s nominations, some told CBS News they knew they had to join the Judiciary Committee with Senate Republicans.

Dan Toomey, who served in the U.S. Attorney’s Office from 1968 to 1971, told CBS News that former prosecutors have not yet met with Republican Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley.

"We've spoken with the staff of Senator Grassley, and we've also spoken with the staff of Senator John Kennedy," Toomey said. We had a half-hour meeting with them. ”

Toomey acknowledged that Republican senators may be the only firewall to block Martin’s confirmation and said ensuring support from certain senators is “very important and indeed our only hope.”

Charles Work, a former federal prosecutor, worked in the U.S. D.C. attorney's office in the 1970s and signed a memorandum against Martin, who said under Martin's interim leadership, was struggling.

"Morannaary is gone," the job says. "People are hiding from tasks. They don't know what to do. They don't know whether to quit."

The former prosecutor argued in a newly released memorandum that “(Martin) refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election and the illegal conduct of 1,600 people who covered the police and the Capitol on January 6, 2021, causing personal injury to multiple and potentially irreparable damages that have caused these damages themselves, which are caused by these people themselves, and are caused by these people, and are caused by these people, and are caused by these people, and are caused by these people, and are caused by these people, and are caused by these people, and are caused by these people. If the position of U.S. attorney is ceded, misconduct is the clue that the nominee will go.”

John Cornyn, a Republican of Texas, will vote on Martin's nomination in the Judiciary Committee, answered directly when asked Monday if he had any concerns about Martin's nomination. "His nomination is still in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, so I think we'll handle it soon," Cohen said.