Ed Martin, loyal to Trump, is nominated as US prosecutor in Washington

President Trump said Monday that he had nominated the United States interim prosec who sat on a board that raised cash for Capitol’s uproar and pressed for its mass postponement to direct the office permanently.

Mr. Martin, who has a minimal fiscal experience, but a presence of hyperparty social networks, must first be confirmed by the Senate, whose members were forced to hide by the multitude of Trump’s loyal ones that assaulted the Capitol on January 6 of 2021.

Mr. Martin’s The nomination marks a complete reversal For an office that formed the nucleus of one of the most complex investigations of the Department of Justice, exchanging leaders committed to holding the protesters responsible for a man who was in the crowd outside the Capitol and challenged a citation of the Congress to describe their role in The events of the day.

He could also play a leading role in the accelerator of Mr. Trump to seek compensation to those involved in his two federal accusations and the prosecution of his supporters. Mr. Martin has already An internal review of Capitol Riot cases began In his office and was used by Attorney General Pam Bondi To help examine the so -called weapon of the department during the Biden administration.

Trump wrote on his social media site that Martin had been “fighting tirelessly to restore law and order, and make the Capitol of our nation safe and beautiful again.”

“He will do the job,” Trump added.

Until the announcement of Mr. Trump on Monday, it was not clear if Mr. Martin, 54, would be selected to permanently direct the office. While many Republicans of Congress have encouraged him publicly, some senators and their assistants have questioned in private if it has temperament and skills to do the job.

Morality in the office of the United States prosecutor has fallen since Mr. Martin arrived, according to current and previous prosecutors, who spoke on condition of anonymity, for fear of a remuneration.

Mr. Martin has described long days of work buried in his office. “Tons to learn. Tons to do. Tons and tons at stake ” He wrote at the subsack Shortly after being appointed in the interim publication. His office, he added, was full of photographs of his family, a great image of “the merciful Christ” and an image of the antipheminist activist Phyllis Schlafly. Nearby there is a copy of his book and the Bible.

He has fought to win the respect of the hundreds of members of his staff. Some have described introductory meetings in which he made it clear that he saw his work as acting on behalf of Mr. Trump. Others referred to him as a “keyboard warrior”, pointing out that he triggers the emails in series, including a rebuke of prosecutors under him for leaking to the media, a communication that leaked.

And although Trump said he would address the crime in the district, Martin has initially said little about what he plans to do to achieve that goal.

On the other hand, he has resorted to social networks to launch openly political opinions like no other American lawyer has done, which suggests that he would investigate Elon Musk opponents and former special lawyer Jack Smith, who accused Mr. Trump for his efforts to cancel the results of the 2020 elections and for his role in monopolizing documents classified in his resort in Florida.

Mr. Martin served as Chief of Cabinet of Matthew Roy Blunt, governor of Missouri from 2005 to 2009. Later he directed conservative organizations, including Missourians United for Life and the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund, a group that once was Affiliated to Mrs. Schlafly.

Once he supervised a legal clinic in St. Louis, Trump wrote.

Eileen Sullivan and Alan Feuer Contributed reports.