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Yahoo
7 days ago
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Pirro on ‘Big Balls' attack: ‘We've got to lower the age of responsibility to 14'
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Wednesday that the age of legal accountability in Washington, D.C., should be lowered to 14 in light of the recent assault of former Department of Government Efficiency worker Edward 'Big Balls' Coristine. 'The D.C. Council, and the president is right, they have got to stop their coddling. Number one, we've got to lower the age of responsibility to 14. I'm tired of having these kids commit crimes — and they are crews, not gangs, in D.C.,' Pirro said during her appearance on Fox News's 'The Ingraham Angle.' 'We've got an intern, you said it in your open, an intern from college, he gets shot going out for McDonald's at 10:30 at night. This kid is trying to help his girlfriend or his friend to a car. He gets assaulted and, but for a cop going by, they would have — had they gotten him on the ground, they would have stomped him and finished him,' Pirro told host Laura Ingraham. 'He was able to stay standing. This has to end.' Coristine was beaten up by as many as 10 teens during an attempted carjacking near the White House on Sunday, according to law enforcement. Two 15-year-olds have been charged with unarmed carjacking. Pirro, who was confirmed to her post by the Senate last week, said she is supportive of President Trump's push to federalize the nation's capital and argued that violent youth are 'coddled' in Democrat-run cities. 'Youth violence is on the rise, not just in D.C., but across the country. And if you think that these kids need to be coddled, and they need to be hugged — they need to have consequences,' Pirro said on Fox News, where she was previously a cohost. 'They need to understand that enough is enough, that we're going to put them in jail or some kind of youth rehabilitation detention facility, and not allow the D.C. Council, one of whom I just recently indicted, to take cover for these kids.' 'Here's the thing: D.C. is the nation's capital. People come here for pride and patriotism, not to get assaulted, carjacked or shot, get caught in a crossfire,' she said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-08-2025
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Jeanine Pirro Blasts Staff Shortages After Attorneys Axed in Jan. 6 Purge
Jeanine Pirro complained that the U.S. Attorney's Office for Washington D.C. is facing a major staffing shortage—but she left out that the administration purged the department when Donald Trump returned to office. The top D.C. prosecutor returned to Fox News, where up until recently she was a host, and she was asked about staffing shortages. 'We're down like two-thirds staff. What's going on?' asked host Laura Ingraham. 'Yeah, I'm down 90 prosecutors, 60 investigators and paralegals,' Pirro said. Asked why, Pirro claimed" 'Because nobody cared.' 'I'm telling you right now. Nobody cared enough to make sure that office was running,' she claimed. 'I'm going to have that office running.' The former TV personality didn't stop there. She used her TV appearance to beg people to join the team. 'If you want a job in the nation's, in the premier office, the largest U.S. attorney's office, contact me,' Pirro said directly to the camera. But Pirro could find it challenging to find candidates with the right experience after the Trump administration fired a series of career prosecutors. Over the past six months, there has been a slow drip of reports about purges at the U.S. attorney's office. At the end of January, more than a dozen federal prosecutors at the U.S. attorney's office in Washington were fired, according to the New York Times. It included those hired to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, who had been moved into different permanent roles after the president retook office. By mid-February, the chief of the criminal division at the office abruptly quit. In late February, the Washington Post reported that seven leaders at the U.S. attorney's office in DC were demoted to misdemeanor or entry-level intake positions as the Trump administration continued to purge career prosecutors in a targeted retribution against those who handled politically sensitive cases, including investigating the president's role in the January 6 insurrection. In June, the Justice Department ousted another three prosecutors involved in the January 6 riot investigation. The purge continued as recently as last month when the department fired additional lawyers and support staff who worked on special counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump, although the total number in the latest round was not clear, according to the AP.
