President Trump is withdrawing his nomination of Ed Martin to serve as Washington, DC’s top federal prosecutor, he revealed Thursday after Senate Republicans balked at Martin’s past defenses of Capitol rioters.

President Donald Trump has pulled the nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr. to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, after a key Republican senator said he could not support Martin for the job due to his defense of Jan.

Ex-acting Washington, D.C., U.S Attorney Ed Martin was spat on by a passerby during an interview with Newsmax on Thursday afternoon. President Donald Trump pulled Martin’s nomination as D.C. U.S. Attorney on the same day following extensive controversy over his background.