President Donald Trump said Thursday in the Oval Office that he will soon announce a new nominee for the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, replacing his pick, Ed Martin.

Regardless, it will likely be some time before D.C. has a permanent federal prosecutor. Martin, currently the capital’s acting U.S. attorney, will be forced to step down from his role on May 20.

President Donald Trump is nominating former Fox News host and interim US Attorney Jeanine Pirro to a full term as the top federal prosecutor in Washington, DC, according to ... is what ultimately ...

The post Trump Nominates TV Host Jeanine Pirro as Interim US Attorney for Washington, DC appeared ... Trump said. Martin's 120-day term as interim U.S. attorney expires May 20. ...

Trump pulls nomination of 'Stop the Steal' activist Ed Martin to be DC's top prosecutor Martin ran into opposition from Senate Republicans over his support of participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will soon announce a new nominee for US attorney in Washington, DC, replacing Ed Martin, whose nomination had been imperiled in recent days amid what ...

Ed Martin, currently serving as interim U.S. Attorney for D.C., and Trump’s nominee for the permanent role, came under intense scrutiny for his past praise of a Nazi sympathizer, failure to ...

Martin’s term as interim U.S. attorney, which can only last 120 days, is set to expire on May 20. -ABC News’ Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin and Allison Pecorin contributed to this report ...