{"id":2432597,"date":"2025-05-08T18:09:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disappointed-trump-pulls-us-attorney-nominee-after-sen-thom-tillis-throws-up-roadblock\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T18:10:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:10:57","slug":"disappointed-trump-pulls-us-attorney-nominee-after-sen-thom-tillis-throws-up-roadblock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disappointed-trump-pulls-us-attorney-nominee-after-sen-thom-tillis-throws-up-roadblock\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Disappointed&#8217; Trump Pulls US Attorney Nominee After Sen. Thom Tillis Throws Up Roadblock"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisappointed-trump-pulls-us-attorney-nominee-after-sen-thom-tillis-throws-up-roadblock%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2432597&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of Ed Martin&#8217;s nomination as U.S. attorney for the district of Columbia after Sen. Thom Tillis expressed opposition. Martin, who has been serving as the acting U.S. attorney,had his nomination affected by concerns related to his representation of defendants from the January 6 Capitol riots. trump praised Martin&#8217;s performance, noting a important drop in crime during his tenure, but acknowledged the lack of necessary support for his nomination. Tillis stated that his opposition stemmed from his belief that anyone who breached the Capitol on January 6 should face imprisonment. Without Tillis&#8217;s backing,Martin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >nomination faced significant hurdles<\/a>,perhaps leading to a deadlock in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President indicated that an alternative candidate would be announced soon. Critics of Tillis pointed out his prior support for other nominees, including those linked to the prosecution of January 6 defendants, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-bidens-misstatement-says-it-all-no-peaceful-transfer-of-power-if-trump-wins\/\" title=\"Watch: Biden&#039;s Misstatement Says It All - No Peaceful Transfer of Power if ... Wins\">highlighting perceived inconsistencies<\/a> in his position.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was pulling Ed Martin as his nominee to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia after Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina voiced his opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Martin is currently the acting U.S. attorney for D.C., but his appointment expires May 20, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/05\/06\/congress\/thom-tillis-opposes-ed-martin-00330664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>His past work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/staff-profile\/meet-us-attorney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">includes<\/a> being chief of staff to Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, president of the conservative Eagle Forum and Legal Defense Fund, and chairman of the Missouri Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a terrific person,&rdquo; Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. &ldquo;He wasn&rsquo;t getting the support from people that I thought. He&rsquo;s done a very good job. Crime is down 25 percent in D.C. during his period of time,&rdquo; as acting U.S. attorney since January.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have somebody else that will be great. I just want to say, Ed is unbelievable. Hopefully, we can bring him into &mdash; whether it&rsquo;s DOJ or whatever, in some capacity,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Former Vice ... Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation\">president added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have to be straight. I was disappointed. A lot of people were disappointed. But that&rsquo;s the way it works sometimes. That&rsquo;s the way it works. And he wasn&rsquo;t rejected, but we felt it would be very &mdash; it would be hard. And we have somebody else that we&rsquo;ll be announcing over the next two days who&rsquo;s going to be great,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; BREAKING: It seems Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) succeeded in tanking the nomination of Ed Martin to U.S. Attorney for D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Trump: &ldquo;We have somebody else that will be great. I just want to say, Ed is unbelievable. Hopefully we can bring him into, whether it&rsquo;s DOJ or whatever, in&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NYsK0sjIC3\">pic.twitter.com\/NYsK0sjIC3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/1920508588616798291?\">May 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gen-flynn-loose-thom-tillis-ed-martin-opposition-tells-truth-rinos-hope-nobody-hears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tillis<\/a>, who sits on the Judiciary Committee, told reporters Tuesday that he was opposing Martin&rsquo;s nomination, citing the attorney&rsquo;s representation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jan-6-pardons-drafted-ready-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan. 6 defendants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I met with Mr. Martin. He seems like a good man. Most of my concerns related to Jan. 6. I think anybody that breached the perimeter should have been imprisoned for some period of time, whether it&rsquo;s 30 days or three years is debatable,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">GOP Sen. Thom Tillis said he won&rsquo;t back Ed Martin, Trump&rsquo;s pick for top D.C. prosecutor, because of his work defending Jan. 6 rioters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have no tolerance for anybody that entered the building on Jan. 6,&rdquo; Tillis said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HOqOSQNmMq\">https:\/\/t.co\/HOqOSQNmMq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/40e3KbjD07\">pic.twitter.com\/40e3KbjD07<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; POLITICO (@politico) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politico\/status\/1919803184354140349?\">May 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I have no tolerance for anybody who entered the building on Jan. 6, and that&rsquo;s probably where most of the friction was,&rdquo; Tillis added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Mr. Martin were being put forth as a U.S. attorney for any district except the district where Jan. 6 happened, the protests happened, I&rsquo;d probably support him,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-a-simple-question-tom-cotton-confronts-top-generals-over-bidens-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s A Simple Question\u2019: Tom Cotton Confronts Top Generals Over Biden\u2019s Afghanistan ...\">senator concluded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Without Tillis&rsquo;s support, the Judiciary Committee likely would have deadlocked 11-11, meaning Martin would not have been recommended to the full Senate for approval, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/05\/06\/congress\/thom-tillis-opposes-ed-martin-00330664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Martin&rsquo;s nomination could have still been brought to the floor for a full vote, but would have faced other obstacles there, with GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, John Curtis of Utah, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-skewers-mitch-mcconnell-one-great-acts-political-pettiness-ever-seen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> of Kentucky seen as uncertain, the outlet added.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives pointed out on social media that while Tillis is unwilling to back Martin, he did vote to confirm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/option-arrest-attorney-general-merrick-garland-voted-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merrick Garland<\/a> as attorney general, whose Justice Department targeted Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25477248\/update-on-capitol-breach-48-months.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 1,500<\/a> Jan. 6 protesters for prosecution. Several of his Republican colleagues did the same, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1171\/vote_117_1_00114.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30 did not vote<\/a> for Garland&rsquo;s confirmation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here is who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomTillis?\">@ThomTillis<\/a> thought deserved his vote. Tillis is a disgrace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XeEIz3k1iW\">pic.twitter.com\/XeEIz3k1iW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sadie (@Sadie_NC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sadie_NC\/status\/1920261196336275893?\">May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Turning Point USA president Charlie Kirk highlighted Wednesday on his &ldquo;Real America&rsquo;s Voice&rdquo; program that Tillis voted for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/millions-cross-border-illegally-biden-doj-proclaims-thousands-jan-6-protesters-prosecuted-outside-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Graves<\/a>, the D.C. U.S. attorney who oversaw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jan-6-pardons-drafted-ready-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan. 6 prosecutions<\/a>.&nbsp; To be clear, it was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/nomination\/117th-congress\/925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voice vote<\/a>, to which Tillis and apparently no other Republican objected, but point taken, the North Carolina senator allowed Graves to become the D.C. U.S. attorney.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IT GETS EVEN WORSE: REPUBLICAN SENATOR VOTED FOR MERRICK GARLAND<br \/> &ldquo;Thom Tillis voted for Biden&rsquo;s D.C. US attorney, but won&rsquo;t vote for Trump&rsquo;s US attorney.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11?\">@CharlieKirk11<\/a> leads us down memory lane of Tillis&rsquo; voting record of some unsavory people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C1OZIzftQU\">pic.twitter.com\/C1OZIzftQU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Real America&rsquo;s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAmVoice\/status\/1920157621887136177?\">May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thom Tillis voted for Biden&rsquo;s D.C. U.S. attorney, but he won&rsquo;t vote for Trump&rsquo;s U.S. attorney,&rdquo; Kirk said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-activists-a-no-show-at-matt-walsh-event-after-plan-leaked\/\" title=\"Transgender Activists A No Show At Matt Walsh Event After Plan Leaked\">podcast host added<\/a>, &ldquo;The reason he gave was that, &lsquo;I want every single person who breached the perimeter to go to jail from 30 days to 3 years.&rsquo; I&rsquo;m sorry, breaching the perimeter, Mr. Tillis? This was not Normandy Beach. The vast majority of people on Jan. 6, the vast majority waltzed in through an open door.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Some J6 Hostages already getting released.<br \/> And 1500 Jan 6th pardons and about 6 commutations &ndash;<br \/> President Trump already told a reporter to go stand over there with her friends &#128514; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dDwTsiq3Zz\">pic.twitter.com\/dDwTsiq3Zz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TRUTH NOW &#11088;&#65039;&#11088;&#65039;&#11088;&#65039;&#128509; &#127930; (@sxdoc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sxdoc\/status\/1881510986190086328?\">January 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On his first day in office in January, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-teases-pardoning-jan-6-rioters-day-1\/story?id=117880690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pardoned<\/a> or commuted the sentences for all the Jan. 6 defendants, saying they had been held as political hostages by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Martin, who is currently serving as the acting U.S. attorney for D.C., has an appointment that ends on May 20, according to Politico. His previous roles include chief of staff to Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, president of the conservative Eagle Forum and Legal Defense Fund, and chairman of the Missouri Republican Party. Trump praised Martin as a &#8220;terrific person&#8221; and noted his success in reducing crime by 25% during his tenure as acting U.S. attorney since January. The president expressed hope that Martin could be involved in another capacity within the Department of Justice or elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Trump acknowledged disappointment over the situation but emphasized that it was not a rejection; rather, they felt it would be challenging to proceed with Martin&#8217;s nomination due to lack of support. He mentioned that another candidate would be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Tillis opposed Martin\u2019s nomination primarily because of his representation of defendants from January 6th events, stating he believes those who breached the Capitol should face imprisonment regardless of duration. He indicated he might have supported Martin if he were nominated for any other district.<\/p>\n<p>Without Tillis&#8217;s backing, it&#8217;s likely that the Judiciary Committee would have been deadlocked on recommending Martin\u2019s nomination to the full Senate for approval. Although there was a possibility for a floor vote, other Republican senators were also seen as uncertain about supporting him.<\/p>\n<p>Critics pointed out inconsistencies in Tillis&#8217;s voting record regarding judicial appointments related to January 6th prosecutions while highlighting his past votes confirming nominees like Merrick Garland and Matthew Graves\u2014who oversaw those prosecutions\u2014as problematic given his current stance against Martin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2432598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-pulls-US-atty-nominee.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5894,41388,3634,54883],"class_list":["post-2432597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-politics","tag-thom-tillis","tag-trump","tag-us-attorney-nominee"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-pulls-US-atty-nominee.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2432597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2432601,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432597\/revisions\/2432601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2432598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2432597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2432597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}