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.

Ex-acting Washington, D.C., U.S Attorney Ed Martin was spat on by a passerby during an interview with Newsmax on Thursday afternoon. President Donald Trump pulled Martin’s nomination as D.C. U.S. Attorney on the same day following extensive controversy over his background.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will soon announce a new nominee for US attorney in Washington, DC, replacing Ed Martin, whose nomination had been imperiled in recent days amid what appeared to be insurmountable pushback from Republicans on Capitol Hill.