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.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would pull Ed Martin’s nomination to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

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.