Jeanine Pirro speaks during an anti-SAFE Act rally in Albany's West Capitol Park in 2013. The Fox News personality was nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Let’s begin this on a positive note: President Donald J. Trump’s recent decisions to yank back the nominations of Ed Martin as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia and Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as surgeon general were good moves for, respectively, the cause of justice and this nation’s health.

To be sure, both individuals never should have been nominated in the first place. In his brief tenure as interim U.S. attorney for the district, Mr. Martin has proven to be a MAGA hack with a penchant for look-at-me antics such as his series of goofy letters to........

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