The acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., has vowed to be Trump’s personal lawyer and is gutting his office of those who ...

And it looms with what would seem to be a much lower-profile nomination: Ed Martin for U.S. attorney for the District of ...

As interim head of the office, Martin is now aiming to assume the U.S. attorney role in Washington, D.C., permanently.

Martin was a leader of the “Stop the Steal” movement—and is now targeting prosecutors who went after the Jan. 6 rioters he ...

While Trump administration officials were preparing to install a seasoned conservative lawyer as the top prosecutor in ...

Meet Ed Martin, Trump’s Pet Prosecutor The acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., has vowed to be Trump’s personal lawyer and is gutting his office of those who aren’t loyal.

I’ll say it again: My Jan. 3 column predicting that D.C. would soon be in the new U.S. attorney’s crosshairs fell short of ...

The former January 6 defense attorney was initially brought in on an interim basis, but he's impressed the boss.

Ed Martin is poised to be the new top prosecutor in D.C. — a MAGA true believer who dismissed Jan. 6 investigators and says ...

Martin's time in Missouri politics included unsuccessfully running twice for statewide and congressional office. In the ...

The nomination of Mr. Martin, who stood in the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, is a full reversal for an office that ...

Ed Martin has solidified himself as a strong supporter of Donald Trump and Elon Musk since taking the interim role.