"Adam Schiff places hold on Ed Martin's nomination to be D.C. U.S. attorney"
President Trump's controversial choice to be the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., Ed Martin, faces an uncertain future, as a Senate Democrat plans to put an indefinite hold on his nomination.
Martin, a "Stop the Steal" advocate and former defense attorney who represented U.S. Capitol riot defendants, is Mr. Trump's nominee to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, and Sen. Adam Schiff, a first-term Democrat from California, plans to hold his nomination amid a growing number of controversial statements and decisions by Martin.
The position is among the highest-profile and most powerful federal prosecutor positions in the U.S. Martin, who refers to himself as "Ed the Eagle," has been serving as acting U.S. attorney for D.C. since Inauguration Day.
Senators have the power to invoke a hold on a presidential nominee, a maneuver that can slow or stall consideration of a nominee for days or weeks. Precious Senate floor time is often needed to overcome holds on presidential nominees.
"For the past nine weeks, Ed Martin has consistently undermined the independence and abused the power of the US Attorney's office in DC, openly threatening and intimidating political opponents, dismissing charges against his own clients, firing public servants for their roles in legitimate investigations and using his office as a cudgel to chill dissent and free speech," Schiff said in a statement to CBS News.
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Adam Schiff has real courage. Schlump has hated his guts ever since he led the first impeachment, and grew to hate him even more when Schiff served on the J6 committee. He gave Schiff a "special" nickname at the time of the impeachment, which he uses to this day. (I won't repeat here it, because I don't want to do anything to normalize it.) When Schlump gives someone an insulting nickname, you KNOW they're on his 💩 list!
All of which is to say that Adam Schiff has had a target on his back since at least January 2020, and he's probably one of the people Schlump would MOST like to have lined up against a wall and shot. And he STILL has the courage to publicly oppose something Trump wants. That is truly admirable!
Those simmering GOP sycophants in the Senate don't even deserve to be in the same ROOM as Adam Schiff! 
