The Daily Blast: Trump Erupts as GOPers Quietly Nix Key US Attorney Pick, Enraging MAGA

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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President Donald Trump erupted on Truth Social this week when it became clear that MAGA loyalist and insurrectionist Ed Martin’s nomination for U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C. is in trouble. Trump even called GOP Senators to demand their support. But then GOP Senator Thom Tillis announced his opposition, leading even staunch Trump loyalists to concede he might not survive. MAGA personalities lashed out in response. Lost in this saga has been the basic reason we don’t want a MAGA-brained January Sixer in such a crucial law enforcement role in the first place. We talked to former prosecutor Kristy Parker, counsel at Protect Democracy. She explains why this position is so critical to the legal order, why Martin has no business in it, and why she has cautious optimism that Trump’s assault on the rule of law might ultimately get repelled. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:16.5	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
0:29.9	Suddenly, President Donald Trump is on the verge of losing a big one.
0:36.8	Ed Martin, his handpicked nominee for U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., a major MAGA loyalist and insurrectionist sympathizer is in trouble after a key GOP senator announced his opposition.
0:43.3	Remarkably, this comes as Trump erupted on truth social this week, demanding that GOP senators confirm Martin,
0:51.3	and it also comes as Trump has reportedly been privately calling GOP senators to demand
0:56.3	their support. Lost in this whole saga has been the basic question of why we don't want a
1:02.4	magabraigned January 6er to be U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. in the first place. It's kind of an
1:08.9	important job when it comes to maintaining the rule of law.
1:12.5	So we're talking about all this with someone who knows the Justice Department,
1:17.0	former federal prosecutor Christy Parker, now counsel at Protect Democracy.
1:22.8	Christy, thanks for coming on.
1:25.0	Thanks for having me.
1:26.6	So this week, Republican Senator Tom Tillis of North Carolina announced his opposition to Ed Martin,
1:33.0	who's currently interim U.S. attorney and is hoping for Senate confirmation.
1:37.9	Tillis' main objection is that Martin is a 2020 election denier who was at the Capitol during
1:43.0	Trump's January 6th insurrection.
1:45.5	Martin has also suggested the people who attacked cops that day were part of a false flag
1:50.1	operation. And Tillis specifically criticized Martin for siding with Trump on the pardon of some of the
1:56.3	worst January 6th attackers. Christy, how often do we hear Republicans do what Tillis just did? And why is it so
2:03.4	important? Well, I certainly think it is not unprecedented for members of the United States Senate
2:11.2	who are from the same party as the president to exercise their independent advice and consent role. So from that point of
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