President Donald Trump has nominated Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, to serve permanently in the role, claiming he has been “fighting tirelessly” to “make our Nation’s Capital Safe and Beautiful Again.”
Trump announced the nomination Monday in a post to Truth Social, the latest step by the president after he vowed on the campaign trail to revitalize and rebuild Washington so “there is no longer a nightmare of murder and crime.”
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