President Donald Trump’s decision to tap another interim US attorney in Washington tests the bounds of a federal statute governing temporary officials and reflects a growing trend of presidents leaning on temporary appointments for top roles.
Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was sworn in as the next interim US attorney for the District of Columbia, after Trump pulled the nomination of Ed Martin, who was unable to be confirmed after he helped pardon January 6th insurrectionists. This position as US Attorney for DC is important because it serves as both the federal prosecutor and the local district attorney in the nation's capital, often handling some of the most impactful cases across the country.
Pirro's qualifications -- aside from serving as the elected district attorney for Westchester County in New York decades ago -- appear to be her unwavering support of Donald Trump on TV and his claims about the 2020 election, which she repeated on air and was named a defendant in the cases Fox News settled with Dominion Voting Systems.
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