Adam Schiff places hold on Ed Martin's nomination to be D.C. U.S. attorney

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This asshole needs to be disbarred
https://bsky.app/profile/reportbywilson.bsky.social/post/3lls57fopfs25

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-nominee-u-s-attorney-in-d-c-ed-martin-blocked-adam-schiff/

President Trump's controversial choice to be the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., Ed Martin, faces an uncertain future, as a Senate Democrat plans to put an indefinite hold on his nomination.

Martin, a "Stop the Steal" advocate and former defense attorney who represented U.S. Capitol riot defendants, is Mr. Trump's nominee to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, and Sen. Adam Schiff, a first-term Democrat from California, plans to hold his nomination amid a growing number of controversial statements and decisions by Martin.

The position is among the highest-profile and most powerful federal prosecutor positions in the U.S. Martin, who refers to himself as "Ed the Eagle," has been serving as acting U.S. attorney for D.C. since Inauguration Day.

Senators have the power to invoke a hold on a presidential nominee, a maneuver that can slow or stall consideration of a nominee for days or weeks. Precious Senate floor time is often needed to overcome holds on presidential nominees.

"For the past nine weeks, Ed Martin has consistently undermined the independence and abused the power of the US Attorney's office in DC, openly threatening and intimidating political opponents, dismissing charges against his own clients, firing public servants for their roles in legitimate investigations and using his office as a cudgel to chill dissent and free speech," Schiff said in a statement to CBS News.

[Kali999]

1. If Tuberville could

gum up the works on the military for a year it's fighting fire with fire. Good to see them fighting. GOP wants to slam them tax cuts through hope they are suing them for it. Or what ever procedures they can use. Seems Massey and a Texan held shite up as well . Corynn I think. Beat em like a drum

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2. J 6 lawyer...what a scumbag

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3. Ed Martin loves nazis

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NEW: Last fall, Ed Martin—Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, DC—presented an award to Jan. 6 defendant Tim Hale, who prosecutors described as a “Nazi sympathizer.”

Here’s a video of that moment, in which Martin calls Hale an “extraordinary man” and “extraordinary leader” of “those who have survived January 6.”

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4. Why not put a hold on every single

judicial nominee just like Tommy Tuberville did? Our economy is in freefall. Programs are being cut left and right. The time for playing nicely by the rules has long since passed.