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Trump says he is naming Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC

Trump says he is naming Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
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Trump says he is naming Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation바카라 게임 웹사이트s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job.

Pirro, who joined Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 in 2006, co-hosts the network바카라 게임 웹사이트s show 바카라 게임 웹사이트The Five바카라 게임 웹사이트 on weekday evenings. She was elected as a judge in New York바카라 게임 웹사이트s Westchester County Court in 1990 before serving three terms as the county바카라 게임 웹사이트s elected district attorney.

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Trump tapped Pirro to at least temporarily lead the nation바카라 게임 웹사이트s largest U.S. Attorney바카라 게임 웹사이트s office after pulling his nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr. for the position earlier on Thursday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he was naming Pirro as the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., but didn't indicate whether he would nominate her for the Senate-confirmed position on a more permanent basis.

"Jeanine is incredibly well qualified for this position, and is considered one of the Top District Attorneys in the History of the State of New York. She is in a class by herself," Trump wrote.

Trump withdrew Martin from consideration after a key Republican senator said he could not support Martin for the job due to his defense of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Pirro is the latest in a string of Trump appointments coming from Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a list that includes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who co-hosted 바카라 게임 웹사이트Fox & Friends Weekend.바카라 게임 웹사이트

Martin has served as acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia since Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s first week in office. But his hopes of keeping the job faded amid questions about his qualifications and background. Martin had never served as a prosecutor or tried a case before taking office in January.

Martin has stirred up a chorus of critics during his brief but tumultuous tenure in office. He fired and demoted subordinates who worked on politically sensitive cases. He posted on social media about potential targets of investigations. And he forced the chief of the office바카라 게임 웹사이트s criminal division to resign after directing her to scrutinize the awarding of a government contract during Democratic President Joe Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s administration.

Martin바카라 게임 웹사이트s temporary appointment is due to expire on May 20.

Pirro, a 1975 graduate of Albany Law School, has significantly more courtroom experience than Martin. She led one of the nation바카라 게임 웹사이트s first domestic violence units in a prosecutor바카라 게임 웹사이트s office.

After her elected terms as a judge and district attorney, Pirro briefly campaigned in 2005 as a Republican to unseat then-Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton before announcing that she would would run for New York attorney general instead. She lost that race to Andrew Cuomo, son of former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo.

Pirro became an ubiquitous television pundit during O.J. Simpson바카라 게임 웹사이트s murder trial, often appearing on CNN바카라 게임 웹사이트s 바카라 게임 웹사이트Larry King Live.바카라 게임 웹사이트 During her time on Fox 온라인 바카라 게임, she has frequently interviewed Trump.

In the final minutes of his first term as president, Trump issued a pardon to Pirro바카라 게임 웹사이트s ex-husband, Albert Pirro, who was convicted in 2000 on conspiracy and tax evasion charges.

In 2021, voting technology company Smartmatic USA sued Fox 온라인 바카라 게임, Pirro and others for spreading false claims that the company helped 바카라 게임 웹사이트steal바카라 게임 웹사이트 the 2020 presidential election from Trump. The company바카라 게임 웹사이트s libel suit, filed in a New York state court, sought $2.7 billion from the defendants.