Nomination for the choice of Trump for the best DC prosecutor in difficulty in the middle of the key republican reject

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The chances of President Donald Trump’s controversial candidate to serve as an American lawyer in Washington, DC, reached confirmation, decreases quickly while he faces a public repression of the main Republicans of Capitol Hill.

North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, a voting voting on the GOP, informed the White House on Monday that he would not support the president’s candidate for the position.

Tillis, who sits on the powerful judicial committee of the Senate, responsible for advancing Martin to a vote in the full Senate, also met Martin on Monday. Given the narrow margins on the panel, the opposition of Tillis could be enough to derail the appointment.

Last week, Tillis told CNN that he had “serious questions” about the choice, given the previous comments of Martin denigrating police officers who defended the American Capitol during the attack on January 6, 2021.

“Most of my concerns are linked to January 6, and he built a convincing case of some of the 15, 12 proceedings that were probably bad decisions,” he said on Tuesday, adding: “Where we probably have a difference is that I think anyone who reached the perimeter should have been in prison for a while.”

Martin did not appear on the agenda of the meeting of the Senate Judicial Committee on Thursday, putting it in place to miss a critical deadline for him to be confirmed before the expiration of his temporary position on May 20.

“I want to put people on the agenda that I can help the president to succeed in his candidates. And that’s all I can say at this stage. And if you want other information, you will have to ask other members,” said Senate judicial president Chuck Grassley

Pressed if he did not think he did not think that Martin could empty a vote of the committee, Grassley said: “I am not saying that, I simply say that I put people on the agenda when I can help the president’s candidates to succeed.”

Gop meaning. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, who are used for the panel, also expressed private concerns concerning support for Martin, as CNN previously reported. But Cornyn, who faces a difficult battle of re -election, said on Tuesday that he would vote for Martin if he came for a vote from the committee.

But by learning that Tillis was against the appointment of Martin, the head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, said: “This suggests that he will probably not leave the committee”.

The republican chief said that he would not put the appointment of a complete consideration of the Senate if he had failed to leave the judicial committee of the Senate. “Obviously, we were crossing this bridge if and when we came there, but it seems that he has problems at the committee level,” he told CNN.

Despite the setbacks in the past 24 hours, the White House remains optimistic about the appointment of Martin.

The president called on the Republican senators on behalf of Martin, according to several sources familiar with the situation, and Trump officials consult the legislative advisers on the next possible steps on Tuesday to try to advance the appointment.

“Ed Martin is a fantastic American lawyer for DC and will continue to implement the agenda and the order of the president in Washington,” said White House spokesman Alex Pfeiffer on Tuesday.

“As President Trump said,” his approval is imperative in terms of doing everything that must be done to save lives. “”