Republican Senator Thom Tillis has just dealt a grave blow to Trump’s nominee for the top federal prosecutor in D.C.

The odds that President Donald Trump’s controversial nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, reaches confirmation are rapidly diminishing as he faces public pushback from key Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a key vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he will not support Ed Martin’s nomination to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, citing his concerns over Martin’s advocacy for people who stormed the U.