Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was sworn in as the US attorney for the District of Columbia earlier this year. The position of 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 for the job -- aside from serving as the elected district attorney for Westchester County in New York decades ago -- appeared 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.
Now that she's in office, Pirro has seen a historically bad run of casework, including the felony assault charges she brought against a man who threw a sandwich at a Customs & Border Patrol agent who was part of Trump's DC takeover. A grand jury refused to indict him, and it's one of several examples of Pirro's office filing made-for-TV charges that have been thrown out.
We want to hear from voters in your area about her appointment. Will you take our one-click poll right away?