President Donald Trump announced Friday that U.S. pardon attorney Ed Martin will leave the Justice Department to do legal work for Republicans pertaining to the 2026 and 2028 election cycles.

Martin, a staunch Trump loyalist, served as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia before being installed into his current role by the president. He is a vocal advocate for the president’s claims of fraud in the 2020 election, and Trump wrote Friday that Martin will, in the private sector, “fight legal battles” for Republicans in the coming midterm and general elections.