Senate Confirms Jeanine Pirro as U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C.

The Senate confirmed former Fox News host and Trump loyalist Jeanine Pirro as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia in a 50-45 party-line vote. Pirro, who co-hosted ‘The Five’ on Fox News before her appointment, had been serving as interim U.S. attorney since May 2025 after Trump’s first pick faced Republican opposition. The 74-year-old is entangled in a $2.7 billion election defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Her confirmation gives Trump direct control over federal prosecutions in the nation’s capital through a devoted political ally with no separation from his administration. Critics warn this represents weaponization of the Justice Department, installing a partisan prosecutor in one of the country’s most sensitive judicial positions overseeing cases involving federal officials and January 6 defendants.