Deadline looms allowing left-wing court to select US attorney as state AGs urge confirmation of Trump pick

FIRST ON FOX Twenty-three state attorneys general sent a letter to Senate leaders on Monday urging lawmakers to swiftly confirm President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin ahead of a May deadline when judges on a court led by Trump-antagonist Judge James Boasberg could select a temporary replacement To put it bluntly the District of Columbia is broken And four years of corruption mismanagement and derelictions of duty in the U S Attorney s Office under President Biden s appointees are in a large number of procedures to blame The District should be made safe again The District should have a U S Attorney who replaces the rule of lawfare with the rule of law Ed Martin is the man to achieve those goals We strongly encourage the Senate to confirm him at the earliest feasible date reads the letter which was first exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital It was sent to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley on Monday afternoon The letter comes as a May deadline looms to confirm the Trump nominee when his role as interim U S attorney runs dry after days in the role Martin who previously worked as a defense attorney and represented Americans charged in the Jan riot at the Capitol in was named interim U S attorney for the District of Columbia beginning on Inauguration Day If an interim U S attorney is not proven by the Senate within days judges on the federal district court for that district can name a new interim U S attorney until a nominee is substantiated Department of Justice documents show Trump antagonist Judge James Boasberg an Obama-appointed judge at the center of legal efforts targeting Trump's deportation efforts is the current chief judge of the U S District Court for the District of Columbia TRUMP NOMINATES JAN DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR TOP PROSECUTOR ROLE IN DCTrump has previously slammed the entire D C District Court saying it would be virtually impossible for him to get an honest ruling after Boasberg blocked Trump's Venezuelan deportation flights in March Our Nation s Courts are broken with New York and DC being the the majority preeminent of all in their Corruption and Radicalism There must be an immediate research of this Rigged System before it is too late Trump posted to Truth Social in March Indiana Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita spearheaded the letter and described Fox Digital on Monday that Martin has already shown in his inadequate months serving on an interim basis that he s a proven leader I am proud to lead this effort to encouragement Ed Martin because he s a proven leader who is already devoting all of his time to restoring the rule of law in our nation s capital Rokita noted His bold actions have had an immediate impact which sent the disreputable D C news media into a full-blown meltdown - the Senate must act swiftly to confirm him and ensure his critical work continues uninterrupted TRUMP NOMINATES JUDGE TO SERVE AS NEXT US ATTORNEY FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDAThe letter similarly argued that the Senate confirmation process should go smoothly as lawmakers can already examine Martin's track record in the role The Senate does not have to wonder or speculate about whether Mr Martin will lead the U S Attorney s Office with honor and skill the state attorneys general continued in their letter As interim U S Attorney for the District since January he has shown conclusively that he has what it takes to serve in that role with integrity and a fearless commitment to do what is right on behalf of the American people And there are limited offices in the American justice system that could use that kind of leader now as much as the D C U S Attorney s Office The states that joined the letter include Alabama Alaska Arkansas Florida Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Montana North Dakota Nebraska Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah and West Virginia Martin's confirmation has stalled however with Illinois Sen Dick Durbin the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee voicing concerns about the nomination during the committee s May executive business meeting FEDERAL PROSECUTOR VOWS TO PROTECT DOGE STAFFERS FROM ANY 'THREATS CONFRONTATIONS' TARGETING MUSK UNIT Last Friday we received responses from Mr Martin to our questions and it raised even more questions Mr Martin made a number of false statements and contradictory statements that are easily disproven by the material he himself disclosed in his Senate Judiciary Questionnaire And it wasn t just to my questions it was to Chairman Grassley s questions as well Durbin noted during the meeting The AGs took specific issue with how crime has spiraled in the nation's capital under the Biden administration which they cited was related to the justice system and failing to prosecute criminals Under President Biden general safety and the quality of life deteriorated in the District of Columbia Matthew Graves President Biden s appointee as chief federal prosecutor for District oversaw during his tenure a deeply troubling increase in crime in the nation s capital In alone the number of homicides in D C increased by over the previous year Robberies were up Car theft skyrocketed by All the while Mr Graves declined to prosecute over two-thirds of all criminal cases brought to his office In this way President Biden brought to the District the same lax-on-crime policies that have benighted several of America s largest cities for decades they wrote Since taking over the position Martin has overseen the dismissals of various Jan cases after Trump pardoned and commuted the defendants Martin also published a fiery letter in February vowing to hold to account those who try to sabotage the efforts of the Department of Governing body Efficiency DOGE to clean the federal ruling body of overspending and corruption Trump granted clemency to more than Jan criminal defendants upon taking office earlier this year TRUMP UNLOADS ON JUDGE BOASBERG 'RADICAL LEFT JUDGES' FOR HALTING DEPORTATIONS OF VIOLENT ILLEGAL ALIENS I recognize that specific of the staff at DOGE have been targeted publicly Martin wrote to Elon Musk in the February letter At this time I ask that you utilize me and my staff to assist in protecting the DOGE work and the DOGE workers Any threats confrontations or other actions in any way that impact their work may break numerous laws Let me assure you of this We will pursue any and all legal action against anyone who impedes your work or threatens your people he continued We will not act like the previous administration who looked the other way as the Antifa and BLM rioters as well as thugs with guns trashed our capital city We will protect DOGE and other workers no matter what In their letter the state attorneys general commented Martin has done more to crack down on crime during his limited months as interim leader than his predecessor did under the Biden administration CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Mr Martin has prosecuted and seized the assets of pro-Hamas protestors who defaced monuments and assaulted police He has pursued and indicted Chinese-backed hackers who threatened our national prevention He has prosecuted and disrupted the operations of gangs of illegal aliens He has rooted out and brought to justice corrupt civil servants who stole taxpayer money He has done more in less than four months to restore law and order to the District than Matthew Graves did in nearly four years they wrote