Nomination of Missouri’s Ed Martin as US attorney for D.C. blocked in Senate

A Democratic U.S. senator from California is blocking the nomination of Missouri Republican Ed Martin to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, calling him a “one-man wrecking ball” on social media. U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, in a news release issued Tuesday, cited Martin’s actions since being named interim U.S. attorney as the reason for the hold. “For the past nine weeks, Ed Martin has consistently undermined the independence and abused the power of the U.S. Attorney’s office in…