Senate Judiciary Democrats launched an 11th hour attack on Trump’s nominee for DC US Attorney Ed Martin as he awaits Senate confirmation.
Earlier this month Democrat Senator Adam Schiff (CA), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced he is placing a hold on a vote to confirm Ed Martin.
Ed Martin is currently the Acting US Attorney for DC and Trump recently announced he nominated him for a permanent position as one of the country’s top cops.
If Ed Martin is not confirmed by May 20, federal court in DC will appoint an interim US Attorney until he is confirmed. There is currently no vote scheduled to confirm Ed Martin.
Schiff previously said he is holding up Ed Martin’s nomination because he has “abused the power of the US Attorney’s office in DC” and used his office as a “cudgel to chill dissent…”
On Tuesday, CNN and The Washington Post ran hit pieces on Ed Martin claiming he “did not recall some of his most controversial past statements in response to a series of questions put to him by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.”
“In his written responses, which were submitted under oath, Martin deflected and distanced himself from his past inflammatory rhetoric and comments on Democrats, the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and the federal justice system,” CNN reported.
“Martin refused to say unequivocally there was violence on January 6, 2021, and would not directly answer if he believed the 2020 election was stolen. He also didn’t close the door on the idea that Trump could serve a third term as president,” CNN reported.
Senate Judiciary Democrats accused Ed Martin of submitting false statements under oath.
“Ed Martin, Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Attorney in DC, submits false statements under oath, dodges 80+ questions in written responses submitted to the committee,” Senate Judiciary Democrats said on Tuesday afternoon.
BREAKING: Ed Martin, Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Attorney in DC, submits false statements under oath, dodges 80+ questions in written responses submitted to the committee.
— Senate Judiciary Democrats (@JudiciaryDems) April 29, 2025
In a follow up tweet, Senate Judiciary Dems falsely claimed Ed Martin lied about photos of pardoned J6er Timothy Hale.
Ed Martin, Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Attorney in DC, told us *under oath* that he hadn’t seen photos of a pardoned insurrectionist posing as Hitler before giving him an award.
But Martin talked about it on his podcast weeks before… and called it “goofing around.” pic.twitter.com/JkxLG6fInP
— Senate Judiciary Democrats (@JudiciaryDems) April 29, 2025
The Oversight Project’s Mike Howell called out their lies.
“Nowhere in the video clip does he say he saw the photo. In fact he has abundantly condemned it,” Mike Howell said.
This is fake news and terrible lawyering from @JudiciaryDems
Nowhere in the video clip does he say he saw the photo. In fact he has abundantly condemned it.
The political party that has embraced Hamas surrogates in the US is spreading misinfo just to get at Trump.
— Mike Howell (@MHowellTweets) April 29, 2025