Overview

• The Senate confirmed Jeanine Pirro’s nomination as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia by a 50–45 vote.
• Pirro will move from interim to permanent prosecutor after serving in the capital’s federal office since May.
• Her appointment extends President Trump’s pattern of tapping former Fox News personalities for top legal and administrative roles.
• Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat Dick Durbin warned that her history of promoting 2020 election fraud theories undermines her suitability.
• Pirro previously served as Westchester County district attorney and was a key figure in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit that led to a $787.5 million Fox News settlement.