Senate GOP Keeps DOJ Nominee Off Hearing Schedule

Punchbowl News reports:

Ed Martin’s troubled bid to become U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia is in real doubt after the Senate Judiciary Committee announced it wouldn’t consider his nomination this week. Late Monday night, Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans noticed an executive business meeting for Thursday that didn’t include Martin’s nomination. Time is running out for Martin, who can only serve 120 days as the interim U.S. attorney.

With the May 20 deadline approaching, and Democrats able to hold up the nomination for a week under committee rules, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will have to move quickly next week on the nomination. But Grassley still hasn’t scheduled a vote on Martin’s nomination. In the face of overwhelming Democratic opposition, Republicans said Martin hadn’t submitted all the required paperwork to be considered yet.

Read the full article. Trump raged about Martin last night.