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1 month ago | local3news.com | Annie Grayer |Andrew Kaczynski |Em Steck

(CNN) — Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, did not recall some of his most controversial past statements in response to a series of questions put to him by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reviewed by CNN. In his written responses, which were submitted under oath, Martin deflected and distanced himself from his past inflammatory rhetoric and comments on Democrats, the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and the federal justice system.

2 months ago | cnn.com | Annie Grayer |Andrew Kaczynski |Em Steck

Interim US Attorney for Washington, DC, Ed Martin at a Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in 2024. CNN CNN  —  Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, did not recall some of his most controversial past statements in response to a series of questions put to him by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reviewed by CNN.

2 months ago | cnn.com | Andrew Kaczynski |Em Steck |Annie Grayer

Ed Martin during an Anacostia Coordinating Council monthly meeting at Martha's Table in Washington, DC, on March 25. Valerie Plesch/The Washington Post/Getty Images CNN  —  Ed Martin, the Trump-appointed interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia and nominee to serve in the role permanently, says he now regrets praising a Capitol rioter who is an alleged Nazi sympathizer — claiming he was unaware of the man’s extremist views at the time.

2 months ago | cnn.com | Em Steck |Annie Grayer |Andrew Kaczynski

CNN  —  Ed Martin, the Trump administration’s nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, failed to report hundreds of media appearances he’s made in the past few years, including many on far-right outlets and Russian-state media, when he first filed his mandated disclosure forms to Congress, a CNN review found. Martin, a longtime conservative activist and former chair of the Missouri Republican Party, has filled the role in an acting capacity since January.

2 months ago | cnn.com | Andrew Kaczynski |Em Steck

Vice President J.D. Vance in the Rose Garden at President Trump's "Liberation Day" announcement of sweeping new tariffs. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images CNN  —  Vice President JD Vance applauded in the front row of the Rose Garden as President Donald Trump announced a massive new round of tariffs on Wednesday – an economy-rattling policy he promised would bring back manufacturing jobs. But for years before joining Trump’s ticket, Vance argued the opposite.