President Trump said he will nominate a new candidate to serve as D.C.'s top federal prosecutor, after his first pick Ed Martin, who holds the job on an interim basis, failed to garner enough support to advance in the U.S. Senate. Read more.
"I was disappointed. A lot of people were disappointed, but that's the way it works sometimes," Trump said at an event at the White House to announce an initial trade pact with the UK. "We have somebody else that we'll be announcing over the next two days who's going to be great." A spokesperson for Martin's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A source close to the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this week said the committee would not move forward with a vote before Martin's interim term expires on May 20.
