While Trump administration officials were preparing to install a seasoned conservative lawyer as the top prosecutor in Washington, DC, the firebrand right-wing activist in the job on a temporary basis was waging a public campaign to keep the job permanently.

Martin was a leader of the “Stop the Steal” movement—and is now targeting prosecutors who went after the Jan. 6 rioters he helped defend.

Ed Martin is poised to be the new top prosecutor in D.C. — a MAGA true believer who dismissed Jan. 6 investigators and says he will be tougher on violent criminals in the city. Why it matters: The U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative activist Ed Martin, who echoed Donald Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen 2020 election and defended Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rioters, was nominated by the president on Monday to be the top federal prosecutor in Washington on a permanent basis.

Ed Martin, a conservative lawyer who supported the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol rioters, was nominated by President Donald Trump as permanent U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. on Monday.

The nomination of Mr. Martin, who stood in the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, is a full reversal for an office that formed the core of one of the Justice Department’s most complex investigations.

Martin, a Trump appointee, has stumbled into an incredible amount of power; he decides whether to prosecute any federal crime charged in the nation’s capital. And he has already been busy—firing some 30 prosecutors who worked on the Jan. 6 cases, investigating Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and helping the Oath Keepers return to Washington.

Ed Martin has solidified himself as a strong supporter of Donald Trump and Elon Musk since taking the interim role.

Republican U.S. President Donald Trump nominated his top prosecutor in Washington, Edward Martin, for a full and permanent term of U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Trump said on social media on Monday.