{"id":1052873,"date":"2025-05-08T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T01:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052873"},"modified":"2025-05-08T21:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T01:22:00","slug":"trump-taps-unqualified-election-denier-maga-loyalist-and-fox-personality-jeanine-pirro-for-top-law-enforcement-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-taps-unqualified-election-denier-maga-loyalist-and-fox-personality-jeanine-pirro-for-top-law-enforcement-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Taps Unqualified Election Denier, MAGA Loyalist, and Fox Personality Jeanine Pirro For Top Law Enforcement Job\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Donald Trump naming Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s administration is stacked with MAGA election deniers and Fox News personalities \u2014 not competent leaders. Jeanine Pirro is yet another unqualified TV personality with a history of putting Trump and violent insurrectionists above the rule of law. She\u2019ll be a disaster for public safety and an embarrassment to law enforcement \u2014 just like Trump\u2019s last failed pick for the same job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: Trump is tapping election denier, loyalist, and Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cPirro has been a longtime ally of Trump<\/strong> \u2026 She was an early supporter of his 2016 campaign and publicly defended him during the \u2018Access Hollywood\u2019 tape scandal. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFollowing Trump\u2019s loss in the 2020 election, Pirro pushed false allegations of election fraud involving voting machines and was later among the Fox News employees named in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit<\/strong> for broadcasting false claims about the company. Fox News eventually settled for $787.5 million and admitted the statements were false.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: Trump withdrew his last unqualified nominee for the U.S. Attorney position \u2014 another election denier who abused his position to protect January 6 insurrectionists. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cPresident Donald Trump on Thursday named Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to take over as interim U.S. attorney for D.C., replacing embattled nominee Ed Martin after 15 tumultuous weeks in office marked by his threats to investigate Trump\u2019s perceived political adversaries and firings and demotions of career prosecutors who handled cases involving the president and the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC4 Washington<\/a>: \u201cMartin<\/strong> practiced law in Missouri but never worked as a prosecutor or tried a case before Trump appointed him in January.\u201d <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democracy Docket<\/a>: \u201cIn 2021, Martin was one of the thousands of insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6.<\/strong> He posted on social media that day, saying it\u2019s \u2018Like Mardi Gras in DC today: love, faith and joy. Ignore #FakeNews.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cEdward R. Martin Jr.<\/strong>, a Missouri lawyer who helped organize the \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019 movement<\/strong> to keep Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss and who defended several Jan. 6 rioters in court \u2026 [and] has already been dismissing Capitol riot charges and firing those who prosecuted the cases.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cActing US Attorney Ed Martin Demotes Jan. 6 Case Supervisors\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes<\/a>: \u201cAs the Biden-era DOJ prosecuted Jan. 6 rioters, Martin also helped raise money for Jan. 6 defendants<\/strong> and defended at least three of them in court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of appointing qualified leaders, Trump has stacked his administration with unqualified and unfit Fox News personalities. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadline<\/a>: \u201cThe Fox News To White House Pipeline: TV Personalities Who Joined The Trump Administration\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TheWrap<\/a>: \u201cHere\u2019s a full list of every former Fox News and\/or Fox Business alum whom Trump has hired upon his return to the White House: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDan Bongino<\/strong>, Deputy Director of the FBI \u2026 Tammy Bruce<\/strong>, State Department Spokesperson \u2026 Monica Crowley<\/strong>, State Department Chief of Protocol \u2026 Sean Duffy<\/strong>, Secretary of Transportation \u2026 Tulsi Gabbard<\/strong>, Director of National Intelligence \u2026 Sergio Gor<\/strong>, Director of the Presidential Personnel Office \u2026 Sebastian Gorka<\/strong>, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism \u2026 Richard Grenell<\/strong>, Presidential Envoy for Special Missions \u2026 Kimberly Guilfoyle<\/strong>, Ambassador to Greece \u2026 Pete Hegseth<\/strong>, Secretary of Defense \u2026 Tom Homan<\/strong>, Border Czar \u2026 Mike Huckabee<\/strong>, Ambassador to Israel \u2026 Keith Kellogg<\/strong>, Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia \u2026 Dr. Marty Makary<\/strong>, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner \u2026 Dr. Janette Nesheiwat<\/strong>, Surgeon General of the United States \u2026 Morgan Ortagus<\/strong>, Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace \u2026 Alex Pfeiffer<\/strong>, White House Principal Deputy Communications Director \u2026 Abigail Slater<\/strong>, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice \u2026 Leo Terrell<\/strong>, Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights \u2026 Michael Waltz<\/strong>, National Security Adviser \u2026 Scott Bessent<\/strong>, Secretary of Treasury (has appeared on Fox Business, a subsidiary of Fox News, but was never employed)\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In response to Donald Trump naming Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s administration is stacked with MAGA election deniers and Fox News personalities \u2014 not competent leaders. 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