Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said that President Trump “has every right to be extraordinarily frustrated with the damage done to our national monuments in this city and elsewhere.”

The federal judges for the Southern District of New York are to vote on whether to name Jay Clayton, interim U.S. attorney for the district, to remain in the post.

Ed Martin has used his authority to upend the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, as well as dismantle and delegitimize the Jan. 6 inquiry.