Dropped Donald Trump Nominee Spat At During Live TV Interview
Ed Martin — the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters-representing lawyer who President Donald Trump on Thursday dropped as his pick for U.S. attorney for D.C. — was spat at by a passerby during a live interview with NewsMax.
The far-right MAGA supporter was talking about his nomination being nixed when a woman walking her dog approached him, shouted 'you are Ed Martin,' spat at him and then walked off saying, 'You are a disgusting man.'
NewsMax shared footage of the moment on social media:
VIDEO: Former Trump U.S. Attorney for Washington DC nominee Ed Martin is spat on by a radical left protestor outside a courthouse. pic.twitter.com/wceWJWLgVb
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) May 8, 2025
Trump abandoned his backing of Martin after it became clear he likely wouldn't get confirmed in the Senate.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he wouldn't support Martin over his defense of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol back in 2021.
Trump said he was 'disappointed' to scuttle Martin's shot at the job but that 'we have somebody else that will be great.' Later in the day, Trump named Fox News' Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney in America's capital.
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