President Trump has appointed former judge and Fox News host Jeanine Pirro — now the 23rd Fox-affiliated appointee — as interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., after pulling the nomination of Ed Martin. On Tuesday, Republican Senator Thom Tillis effectively tanked Martin’s confirmation over Martin’s support for January 6 insurrectionists, including a man who idolized Adolf Hitler and once said he would “kill all the Jews and eat them for breakfast.” But Trump is keeping Ed Martin close in his orbit, handing him three new jobs at the Justice Department: pardon attorney, associate deputy attorney and the director of an initiative investigating the so-called weaponization of the government.
Jeanine Pirro Named Top D.C. Prosecutor; Ed Martin Gets New Jobs Despite Support for Insurrectionists
