Former Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Appointed D.C. U.S. Attorney

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Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia on May 8, 2025. Pirro was subsequently confirmed by the Senate on August 2, 2025, in a party-line 50-45 vote.

Background:

Born June 2, 1951, in Elmira, New York
Served as Westchester County District Attorney (1993–2005)
Hosted “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on Fox News (2011–2022)
Her husband Albert Pirro was convicted of federal tax evasion in 2000
Suspended from Fox News in 2019 after anti-Muslim remarks about Rep. Ilhan Omar
Regular at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago social events

Significance: The D.C. U.S. Attorney’s office is the most politically significant federal prosecutor’s office in the country, handling all federal cases in the nation’s capital. Under Pirro’s tenure, the office has had a 21% case dismissal rate — approximately 40 times the national average of ~0.5%.

Pirro’s office would go on to lead the unprecedented criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, issuing grand jury subpoenas to the Federal Reserve on January 10, 2026.

Sources & Citations

[1] Jeanine Pirro nominated as D.C. U.S. Attorney · May 8, 2025 Tier 1

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The Cascade Ledger. “Former Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Appointed D.C. U.S. Attorney.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, May 8, 2025. https://capturecascade.org/event/2025-05-08--pirro-appointed-dc-us-attorney/