Ex-acting Washington, D.C., U.S Attorney Ed Martin was spat on by a passerby during an interview with Newsmax on Thursday afternoon. President Donald Trump pulled Martin’s nomination as D.C. U.S. Attorney on the same day following extensive controversy over his background.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has been appointed to serve as the acting librarian of Congress, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman confirmed on Monday, after President Donald Trump recently fired Carla Hayden.