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Rhiannon12866

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Sat May 10, 2025, 07:39 PM Saturday

Trump Forced To WITHDRAW Nominee For Top Prosecutor in Washington DC - Glenn Kirschner



Donald Trump apparently thought it was a good idea to nominate Ed "Stop the Steal" Martin - a man who had never prosecuted so much as a traffic violation - to be the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, the top prosecutor in DC.

But after ProPublica investigative journalist Andy Kroll did a deep dive investigation, exposing Martin's unsuitability for the job, things changed in a hurry. On May 8, Sen. Dick Derbin came out forcefully against Martin'c nomination. Sen Derbin quoted a number of findings from Andy's ProPublica exposé. Within hours, Trump withdrew his nomination of Martin.

This is a tribute to the power of investigative journalism in this fight for American democracy.

Here is part one of my interview with Andy Kroll, which we recorded just days before Martin's nomination went down in flames. - Glenn Kirschner - 05/10/2025.



Link to Andy's ProPublica article: https://www.propublica.org/article/ed-martin-trump-interim-dc-us-attorney-secret-judge-attacks
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Trump Forced To WITHDRAW Nominee For Top Prosecutor in Washington DC - Glenn Kirschner (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Saturday OP
...and then he appoints someone equally shitty: Drunkard Jeanine Pirro or whatever TF her name is. CurtEastPoint Saturday #1

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1. ...and then he appoints someone equally shitty: Drunkard Jeanine Pirro or whatever TF her name is.
Sat May 10, 2025, 09:31 PM
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