A key Republican senator said he won't support the nomination of Ed Martin to be the next U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, potentially complicating the confirmation of the Trump-endorsed candidate who has been closely associated with Jan. 6 defendants and praised a Nazi sympathizer.
Concretely, Sen. Thom Tillis told press that he has "indicated to the White House I wouldn't support his nomination." Tillis is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Considering that there are 12 Republicans and 12 Democrats in the panel, his nomination would not even make it to the floor if all Democrats reject it.
