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Business Insider
17-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Jeanine Pirro is worth $11.6 million and earned a hefty salary as a Fox News host
"Judge Jeanine" made millions as a Fox News co-host. As she seeks to be confirmed as US Attorney General for the District of Columbia, the conservative media personality has shed some light on her personal finances. Jeanine Pirro disclosed a net worth of $11.6 million in a disclosure form provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee and obtained by BI on Thursday. Her main assets include a $3.5 million home in Westchester County, New York, $1.7 million in cash or bank accounts, and a series of brokerage and retirement accounts worth a combined $7.2 million. In a separate financial disclosure, which covers the roughly 16 months between January 2024 to May 2025, Pirro disclosed earning $2.9 million from Fox News, where she was as a co-host on "The Five" beginning in 2022. During that same 16-month period, she was paid $513,000 by WABC Radio, where she hosted a weekly broadcast called "The Judge Jeanine Pirro Show." She also earned $70,000 from multiple paid speeches and $60,000 from unspecified consulting work. Pirro is already serving in the job, having been named by President Donald Trump as interim US attorney in May after the previous nominee, Ed Martin, was withdrawn. Pirro is one of several conservative media personalities and former Fox News hosts who Trump has brought into his administration. They include Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, and Ambassador to Greece nominee Kimberly Guilfoyle. Most nominees for top executive branch jobs are required to disclose details of their personal finances on a yearly basis, along with when they're nominated. Representatives for Pirro, Fox News, and WABC Radio did not return requests for comment. During her time at Fox News, Pirro was named in two major lawsuits filed by election technologies companies Dominion and Smartmatic in connection with statements she made about election systems during the 2020 election. Before her media career, Pirro was a local politician in New York, and was elected as a judge and then the district attorney in Westchester County in the 1990s. After a short-lived Senate bid against then-Sen. Hillary Clinton in 2006, Pirro ran for New York State Attorney General against Andrew Cuomo, ultimately losing handily to the future governor.
Daily Mail
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
MAGA reacts to Trump appointing another Fox News host to top position
President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening his decision to appoint Judge Jeanine Pirro as the interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, triggering immediate support from his supporters. Trump's choice triggered praise from MAGA figures across social media. 'This is EPIC! Judge Jeanine is a freaking BULLDOG! She takes NO [expletive] from the Democrats,' wrote conservative journalist Nick Sorter on X in reaction to the news. 'Okay, let's get Judge Jeanine Pirro confirmed as U.S. Attorney for D.C.,' wrote Sen. Mike Lee on X. 'We have no time to waste, and don't want to give Judge Boasberg any chance to make the appointment.' 'This reaction will be glorious,' wrote conservative radio host Clay Travis. 'Now this is going to be fun. BIGLY,' wrote Trump's Senior Director for Counter Terrorism National Security Council Sebastion Gorka, predicting she would be 'cleaning up the Swamp' for the president. 'Judge Jeanine is truly a patriot for stepping forward to serve in this crucial temporary post,' wrote conservative legal activist Mike Davis. 'As a former judge and prosecutor, she is clearly in a league of her own with her qualifications.' 'Let's hope President Trump can convince her to stay for all four year,' he continued. 'DC residents, particularly poor black families trapped in crime-ridden neighborhoods, are the biggest winners.' A longtime friend of Trump's for over 30 years, Pirro is currently a host of the popular evening Fox News show 'The Five' and has long been rumored for various positions in the administration. Trump has appointed or considered over 20 Fox news stars to serve in his administration, as he values television performance skills as a major qualification for serving in public office. Trump's decision took place after his first choice Ed Martin, currently DC's interim top prosecutor would not take the position permanently, as some Senate Republicans voiced their dissatisfaction with the pick. Trump touted Pirro's record as a Westchester Country, New York Assistant District Attorney followed by a position as a County Judge and District Attorney. 'During her time in office, Jeanine was a powerful crusader for victims of crime. Her establishment of the Domestic Violence Bureau in her Prosecutor's Office was the first in the Nation,' he wrote. 'She excelled in all ways.' Pirro also hosted her own show Justice with Judge Jeanine, for ten years.
CBS News
08-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Jeanine Pirro to replace Ed Martin as interim U.S. attorney in D.C., Trump says
Washington — President Trump announced Thursday that Fox News host Jeanine Pirro will serve as the top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., for the time being. Pirro replaces interim U.S. attorney Ed Martin, whose nomination was pulled Thursday by Mr. Trump after losing support in the Senate. "I am pleased to announce that Judge Jeanine Pirro will be appointed interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia," Trump wrote. "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."
