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Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Who is Jeanine Pirro? Trump's loyalist moves closer to becoming DC's top federal prosecutor; awaits full Senate confirmation
Jeanine Pirro (Image: X/@JudgeJeanine) Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro has moved closer to becoming the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia, following a Senate Judiciary Committee vote on July 17 that advanced her nomination. The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee, after approving Jeanine Pirro's nomination, moved it forward to a full Senate vote. She has been serving as the interim US attorney for Washington DC, since mid-May. Her nomination followed President Trump's decision to withdraw Ed Martin's name after Senator Thom Tillis opposed Martin's support for defendants linked to the January 6 Capitol riot. The US attorney's office in Washington DC, plays a key role in enforcing laws involving the country's top government officials. It led more than 1,000 prosecutions related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, where individuals were accused of trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power after former President Joe Biden 's 2020 election win. On his first day in office in 2025, President Trump granted clemency to all those charged in connection with the incident. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee boycotted the vote, leaving Republican members to unanimously advance Pirro's nomination. Despite the technical unanimity, the Democratic minority has indicated it will challenge the legitimacy of the process through the Senate parliamentarian, as reported by USA Today. Pirro's nomination marks a highly politicized shift for the DC US attorney's office. She has remained a loyal aide to Trump. During her swearing-in ceremony as interim US attorney, Pirro spoke about her close ties with President Trump, describing him as 'one of my earliest supporters and champions' who has always stood by her. Who is Jeanine Pirro? Before entering television, Jeanine Pirro had an extensive legal career. She served as Westchester County's district attorney in New York for three consecutive terms from 1994 to 2005. There she launched the country's first domestic violence prosecution unit, according to her Justice Department biography. Pirro also served as a county judge duringher initial years of career. Pirro became a well-known conservative media figure through her work at Fox News. Her commentary often veered into conspiracy theories including false claims after the 2020 election prompting Fox executives to temporarily remove her from the air. NBC, citing Media Matters, reported that internal Fox News communications revealed through court filings showed Pirro's executive producer had described her as a 'reckless maniac' who is 'nuts,' promotes 'conspiracy theories' and 'should never be on live television.' The Washington Post reported that following the president's announcement, Jeanine Pirro has consistently been one of his most loyal supporters, often strongly criticizing his opponents using bold and strong language. Pirro is often known for her controversial remarks. In 2014, Pirro delivered a highly controversial segment in which she claimed that then-President Barack Obama was secretly training ISIS militants. The remarks were so extreme that BuzzFeed ran a headline asking, 'Is This The Craziest Rant A Fox News Host Has Ever Done?', as reported by NBC News. Her nomination will now go to the full Senate for a final confirmation vote. Unless four Republican senators vote against her, Pirro is expected to be confirmed. Former US attorney and University of Michigan law professor Barbara McQuade warned that if she gets nominated then President Trump may use Pirro as 'a tool of retribution in our nation's capital.'
Fox News
5 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Ex-Voice of America employee allegedly threatened to murder Marjorie Taylor Greene and her family
Print Close By Alexandra Koch Published July 17, 2025 A former Voice of America employee and reserve police officer was arrested Thursday after allegedly making continuous threats to murder Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and her family over a span of nearly two years. Seth Jason, 64, of Maryland, was arrested by the United States Capitol Police (USCP) and is facing a four-count indictment for allegedly influencing a federal official by threatening a family member, influencing a federal official by threat, interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure and anonymous telecommunications harassment. Police also seized a laptop, several telephones, an iPad and multiple thumb drives. During a news conference on Thursday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the threats were made "repeatedly and continuously" from October 2023 through the end of January this year. AFTER MINNESOTA KILLINGS, CAPITOL HILL REPRESENTATIVES FACE STARK REALITY ABOUT FAMILY SAFETY Pirro said Jason was accused of making statements including, "I'm looking forward to your book signing. We are all armed and ready to take care of you. We're coming after you and your staff, and we are locked and loaded. We're going to take you all out. We've got our AK-47s. You're going to get one between the eyes. Bam, bam, bam." Staff members at Greene's offices were also threatened, including the staff members' families, according to Pirro. GEORGIA MAN INDICTED FOR MAKING ALLEGED THREATS AGAINST SENATORS CRUZ, FISCHER IN DISTURBING VOICEMAILS Making the case even more egregious, Pirro said Jason was a "rogue" former full-time federal government employee at Voice of America. She said he used phones in the control rooms where broadcasters were reporting to make the threats. He is currently unemployed after retiring from Voice of America a few months ago. The retirement came as President Donald Trump ordered the dismantling of the U.S.'s state-funded media outlet, with a federal judge later restoring the agency. "Through the leadership of President Trump, this sprawling federal bureaucracy is being held accountable, including through the work of Kari Lake, who is senior advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America." Lake took to social media to thank Pirro for "taking these threats seriously." "I am sickened by what Congresswoman @RepMTG, her staff and their families had to go through as the threats persisted for 15 months! It angers me that a taxpayer-funded VOA employee would use taxpayer-funded equipment in a depraved way to threaten the lives of people, including an elected official," Lake wrote in a post on X. "If he is found guilty, I hope he is sentenced to the maximum amount of time behind bars." Lake also said it's time to shut Voice of America down. Meanwhile, Pirro vowed to hold government employees to the highest standards. "No one should have to live their life looking over their shoulder every day and wondering if those threats are about to be fulfilled… The threat to have your family murdered as well as yourself, is debilitating." "My message today should be loud and clear: This behavior is a crime," she added. "You threaten a public official, and you'll face the full force of the law crushing down on you. There will be no mercy and no excuses." MACE DELIVERS BLISTERING IMPACT STATEMENT, SHAKES HAND OF TRANS THREAT SUSPECT'S FATHER AFTER BOND IS DENIED U.S. Capitol Police Chief Mike Sullivan said the view of threats against lawmakers has changed since former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their Minnesota home. The suspect in the Hortman murders, Vance Boelter, also allegedly shot Minnesota state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, on the same morning. "We are going to work very, very hard to hold you accountable if you make these threats," Sullivan said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Jason, who was a volunteer reserve officer with the Anne Arundel County Police Department, is no longer associated with the agency, a spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Pirro said there is no reason to believe Jason was involved in prior swatting incidents reported by Greene. Greene's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Print Close URL
Business Insider
5 days ago
- 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.
USA Today
5 days ago
- Politics
- USA Today
Former Fox News host and Judge Jeanine Pirro's nomination for top D.C. prosecutor advances
Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro has moved one step closer to taking on a long-term role as the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., after a Senate committee voted to advance her nomination July 17. The vote by the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee sets the stage for a vote by the full Senate on Pirro's bid to be the D.C. U.S. attorney. Pirro has already been serving in the role on an interim basis since mid-May, after Trump withdrew the nomination of Ed Martin in the face of opposition from Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) due to Martin's support for Jan. 6-related defendants. The D.C. U.S. attorney's office is a particularly critical prosecutorial office, with the responsibility for enforcing laws for the nation's top government officials. The office was behind well over 1,000 prosecutions against defendants accused of committing crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol to block the peaceful transfer of power following Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election. Trump granted clemency to all those defendants on his first day in office in 2025. This is a developing story that will be updated.
New York Post
27-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Washington Post journalist busted by DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro for allegedly possessing child porn
A Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist was arrested and charged after authorities allegedly discovered child porn on his work computer, DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday. Thomas Pham LeGro, a 48-year-old video editor at the news outlet, was taken into custody on Thursday after FBI agents raided his Washington, DC, home and discovered a folder on his work laptop which contained 11 videos depicting child sexual abuse material, according to Pirro's office. FBI agents also discovered 'fractured pieces of a hard drive in the hallway outside the room where LeGro's work laptop was found,' during the execution of the search warrant. Legro made his first appearance in District Court of Washington, DC, on Friday and has a detention hearing scheduled for next Wednesday. 3 LeGro was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for coverage of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. Tom LeGro/LinkedIn The journalist, who has worked at the Washington Post for 18 years, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted. A heavily redacted FBI affidavit against LeGro claims the reporter was linked to multiple E-Gold accounts in 2005 and 2006. E-Gold was a digital payment service that ceased operations after the feds accused the company in 2007 of laundering money for child pornographers. The affidavit notes that the FBI received court approval to monitor LeGro's internet account in May. LeGro's worked in the Washington Post's sports department from 2000-2006 and then left to become a reporter and producer for 'PBS NewsHour' before returning to WaPo in 2013, according to his biography. 3 The charges were announced by Pirro on Friday. AFP via Getty Images 3 LeGro has worked at the Washington Post for 18 years. Christopher Sadowski As a member of WaPo's video department, he was part of a team of reporters that won a prestigious Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for coverage of former Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore. Moore threatened to sue the Washington Post that year after the outlet published allegations that he romantically pursued a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s, which he vehemently denied. A spokesperson for the Washington Post said Legro has been placed on leave. 'The Washington Post understands the severity of these allegations, and the employee has been placed on leave,' the outlet said in a statement.
