President Donald Trump on Thursday said he plans to nominate a new candidate to serve as Washington, D.C.'s top federal prosecutor, after his first pick Ed Martin failed to garner enough support to advance in the U.

Washington — President Trump said Thursday he will announce a replacement for interim U.S. attorney Ed Martin, his controversial pick to be the top prosecutor in the District of Columbia.

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was pulling his nominee to be the next U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin. “He’s a terrific person, and he wasn’t getting the support from people that I thought,