Interim US Attorney Jeanine Pirro speaks during a press update on a shooting the night before, of two Israeli embassy staffers, at the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025. (DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)
Pirro, who was confirmed by a 50-45 vote, will serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, a post she has held since May on an interim basis.
Pirro previously served as the District Attorney in Westchester County, New York, for over a decade. Prior to that, she was on the bench as a judge in Westchester County in the early 1990s.
"Jeanine is incredibly well-qualified for this position, and is considered one of the Top District Attorneys in the History of the State of New York," Trump said when he nominated Pirro. "She is in a class by herself."
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 22: U.S. Senate Minority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) speaks during a news briefing after the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on July 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats held a weekly policy luncheon to discuss the Democratic agenda. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) (Alex Wong )
Senate Democrats have accused her of amplifying Trump’s 2020 election fraud claims and defending him after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot during her time as a Fox News host, and warned that she would do the president’s bidding in her role as Washington D.C.’s top prosecutor.
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During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last month, Democrats staged a walkout in protest of both her and U.S. District Judge Emil Bove, who was confirmed earlier this week in a tight, 50 to 49 vote. She later advanced out of committee on a party-line vote.
"She’s an election denialist, recklessly peddling President Trump’s Big Lie despite even her own Fox News producers and executives warning her to reel it in," Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill. and the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said of Pirro.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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