Washington - President Trump announced Thursday that he will replace interim U.S. lawyers Ed Martinhis controversial choice is the District of Columbia's top attorney.
Mr. Trump later name Fox News host Jeanine Pirro takes on the role.
Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that Martin appears to lack support with the support needed by the Senate to confirm that he hopes to find another place for him at the Justice Department. Senator Thom Tillis, a Republican of North Carolina He will not vote ahead of schedule on Tuesday Martin nominated for the Senate.
"I'm disappointed. A lot of people are disappointed, but that's sometimes that's it," Mr. Trump said. "He wasn't rejected, but we felt it would be very difficult. We have others who will announce it will be great in the next two days."
Mr Trump said Martin will remain at the Justice Department as deputy attorney and pardon attorney, a key role usually provided to the president on how to use his leniency. Martin will also serve as director of the Justice Department’s “Weaponization Task Force,” a committee composed of Attorney General Pam Bondi, to “review” the department’s Biden-era activities, including investigations into Mr. Trump, Capitol thugs and others, the president said.
Martin, a "stop steal" activist, was appointed to be a temporary appointment until May 20. In the role, he is responsible Prosecutor clearance He worked on criminal cases in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Tillis said his concerns about Martin were linked to the riots at the Capitol, adding that he “is not tolerated by anyone entering the building on January 6, which is probably where most frictions are.”
"If Mr. Martin was taken as an American lawyer, except for the area that took place on January 6, the protests happened, I might have supported him," Tillis said.
South Dakota Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune said earlier this week that Tillis' opposition indicated that Martin might not withdraw from the Senate Judiciary Committee.