WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s dropping his controversial pick for U.S. attorney in D.C., Ed Martin.

“We have somebody else that will be great,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office at the White House. “I was disappointed. A lot of people were disappointed, but that’s the way it works. Sometimes that’s the way it works.”

Martin’s nomination was already looking like it was over, after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Tuesday that he wouldn’t support him in the Senate Judiciary Committee. It only takes one Republican in the committee to sink a nominee, assuming all Democrats vote no, too. In this case, they were all certainly going to oppose Martin, given his extreme background.

Martin, a far-right MAGA supporter who previously had no prosecutorial experience, has been serving as interim U.S. attorney for D.C. since the president appointed him to the temporary post in January. He has essentially spent the last few months proving his loyalty to Trump: He fired more than a dozen federal prosecutors involved in criminal cases tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. He dropped cases against Jan. 6 defendants. He launched probes into Trump’s political enemies.

Tillis said he ultimately opposed Martin because he was nominated to be U.S. attorney in the district where the Jan. 6 insurrection happened ― where Martin was dropping criminal cases against people who participated in it. That appeared to leave the door open to him potentially supporting Martin in a different role, and on Thursday, Trump suggested he has other plans for Martin.

Without giving details, the president said he may have a job in mind for Martin “whether it’s [the Justice Department] or whatever, in some capacity.”