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Senate Panel Approves Jeanine Pirro for D.C. U.S. Attorney After Redo Vote

The committee’s vote propels her nomination to the full Senate for a confirmation decision under persistent Democratic opposition.

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Interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro stands during her swearing in a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025. Trump announced Pirro, a former Fox News personality and prosecutor, after losing support in the Senate for his first choice, Ed Martin, over his views on the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Overview

  • The Senate Judiciary Committee held a 12-10 party-line redo vote Thursday after a Democratic walkout last week voided the initial tally.
  • Pirro has served as acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. since May and would become the permanent officeholder upon Senate confirmation.
  • Democratic senators, led by Dick Durbin, questioned her impartiality over past remarks about January 6 defendants and election fraud.
  • Sen. Mike Lee reported that paid protesters from Free DC repeatedly disrupted the hearing, underscoring activist involvement in the process.
  • In the same session, Republicans advanced other Trump administration picks, including Erik Siebert for the Eastern District of Virginia.