Will Jeanine Pirro Continue Doing Her Show On Fox While She's Persecuting Trump's Enemies in DC?

All We Need To Know About Trump's Latest Corrupt Appointment

The jury is still out regarding Trump’s Attorney General, Pam Bondi. Did America dodge a bullet when near universal outrage over Matt Gaetz's nomination force Trump to pull that deranged appointment and sub in Bondi, another corrupt Florida political hack? There’s little doubt that Bondi will eventually wind up on this list:

• A. Mitchell Palmer (Woodrow Wilson)

• Harry Daugherty (Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge)

• John Mitchell (Nixon)

• William Barr (George HW Bush and Trump)

• Jeff Sessions (Trump)

• Edwin Meese III (Reagan)

• Alberto Gonzales (George W Bush)

• John Sargent (Calvin Coolidge)

• James McReynolds (Woodrow Wilson)

• John Ashcroft (George W Bush)

• Richard Kleindienst (Nixon)

The problem with someone like Trump is that when you force his hand on a nominee, he’s likely to seek revenge by finding someone even worse for the position. It would be hard to find someone worse than Ed Martin to be U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. but enough Republicans said they would oppose his confirmation for Trump to withdraw the nomination. And he does seem to have found someone at least as bad: Fox News clown Jeanine Pirro. Trump appointed her Interim U.S. Attorney, so no Senate confirmation for someone with a combination of her professional history, public persona and perceived political motivations is needed, at least not for 120 days.

No normal people doubt that replacing Martin with Pirro— he was “interim” too—  signals Trump’s determination to politicize the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s office, which has historically handled sensitive cases like January 6 prosecutions. The DNC called her an “unqualified TV personality” who prioritizes “Trump and violent insurrectionists” over the rule of law, reflecting fears that she would undermine the office’s independence. Trump hasn’t indicated if he’ll nominate her for the job or not. Her bombastic, inflammatory style on Fox— described by observers as “wine-soaked” and “loudmouth”— has made her a polarizing figure. Her 2019 suspension from Fox for suggesting Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Muslim faith conflicted with the Constitution further alienated critics who see her as divisive. This contrasts with the expectation of a U.S. Attorney as a sober, unifying figure capable of managing complex legal matters without partisan bias.

Nia Prater detailed her short-comings. “Pirro, 73, served as a Westchester County judge and district attorney before her three failed runs for office. Since then, she has gained notoriety for her frequently eccentric commentary and consistent defense and support of Trump and his presidency on TV, including by spreading lies about the 2020 election that got Fox News sued.

In 2019, Pirro targeted Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, during a segment on her show Justice With Judge Jeanine, trying to imply that Omar was a supporter of Sharia because of her Muslim faith.

“Think about it: Omar wears a hijab, which according to the Quran, 33:59, tells women to cover so they won’t get molested,” Pirro said at the time. “Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution?”

Pirro’s comments were quickly denounced by Democrats and most notably by Pirro’s own network, which issued a statement following the show’s airing. “We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro’s comments about Representative Ilhan Omar. They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly,” the statement read.

The following week, Pirro’s show did not air as expected, and CNN reported at the time that she had been suspended. The apparent slight prompted a response from Trump himself, who tweeted she should be put back on the air. Pirro returned after a two-week absence.

Like many of her Fox News colleagues, Pirro used her platform to promote debunked lies about voter fraud in the 2020 election, hosting prominent deniers like Sidney Powell and Lin Wood on her show. In one monologue following the presidential election, Pirro told her audience, “They didn’t just steal the election from Donald Trump. They stole it from all of you.”

Pirro’s antics were enough to be cited in a civil lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, a voting-machine firm, against Fox News and its parent company. Dominion alleged that the network knowingly spread lies and falsehoods about the company, claiming its voting machines and software were used to manipulate vote tallies in order to secure a win for Joe Biden in the 2020 election. In addition to Pirro, prominent Fox stars like Tucker Carlson, Lou Dobbs, and Sean Hannity were deposed in the case. Fox would later reach a $787 million settlement with Dominion.

Days before thousands of Trump supporters would attack the Capitol on January 6, 2021, Pirro invoked the imagery of soldiers in the Revolutionary War in comparison to the approaching day.

“These hungry, tired, cold, defeated soldiers knew that it was their moment to stand up and fight for freedom. To many, January 6 is such a moment,” she said. “As we are all being told to shut up and move on, January 6 will tell us whether there are any in Congress willing to battle for the America that those soldiers fought for, the one that you and I believe in.”

Said federal investigators looking into Trump should be taken out “in handcuffs”

Though Pirro is set to join the ranks of federal law enforcement, she has an extensive history of railing against the Justice Department. In a 2017 monologue, she called for those involved in the ongoing investigations into Trump to be put behind bars.

“There is a cleansing needed in our FBI and Department of Justice— it needs to be cleansed of individuals who should not just be fired, but who need to be taken out in handcuffs!” Pirro said.

She specifically named James Comey and Robert Mueller as some of the federal employees deserving of prison time.

Pirro’s confirmation would face significant hurdles in the Senate, even with a Republican majority. Her lack of recent prosecutorial experience— last serving as a prosecutor in 2005— might be an excuse for enough Republicans to oppose her. Remember, her political career was derailed in 2006 by a scandal involving a federal probe after she was recorded plotting with former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik to bug her husband’s boat to catch him cheating. This incident, which led to tabloid headlines and her loss in the New York Attorney General race, raises questions about her judgment and ethical conduct. And it’s certainly evidence of a willingness to abuse power, a serious concern for someone overseeing a major prosecutorial office. Her close personal ties to Trump— dating back decades, including socializing in New York Republican circles and securing a pardon for her ex-husband Albert Pirro in 2021— leaves no one in doubt that she would prioritize Trump’s political agenda over impartial justice. The two of them have every intention that she use the office to target Trump’s perceived enemies, especially given her vocal support for his narrative of a “weaponized” justice system.