Politics
Judge Jeanine Pirro Officially Sworn In For Crucial DOJ Position
Former judge and longtime Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro was sworn in as interim District Attorney for the District of Columbia on Thursday.
Pirro was appointed to the highly important position after Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) refused to support the confirmation of Ed Martin, who had been serving as interim D.C. U.S. attorney since President Trump took office back in January. Tillis, who is up for re-election in 2026, took issue with Martin’s advocacy for January 6 political prisoners and informed the president that he would not be supporting the nomination.
“It’s disappointing because, you know, I know that he’s very talented,” Trump said of Martin while taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office last week. “Crime is down in Washington, D.C. Street crime, violent crime by 25%. And, that’s, people have seen they’ve noticed a big difference.”
The president soon announced that Pirro, 73, would be appointed to replace Martin.
“I am pleased to announce that Judge Jeanine Pirro will be appointed interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post last week.
“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. Congratulations Jeanine!”
Martin has since been appointed to head up the DOJ’s working group investigating the weaponization of government, as well as the DOJ’s pardon attorney.
Judge Jeanine Pirro speaking with attendees at the 2021 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida.
Photo: Gage Skidmore
Pirro was officially sworn in on Thursday and is expected to immediately begin tackling a heavy workload that goes far beyond that of other regional U.S. attorneys throughout the country, as the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s office is responsible for prosecuting both federal and local crimes.
The D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office handles all federal cases in the District of Columbia including drug trafficking, sex trafficking, child pornography, federal firearms violations, white-collar crime, public corruption, and terrorism cases. The office handles all local cases in the district, ranging from misdemeanors to murders.
In addition, the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office represents the U.S. government in civil proceedings filed in federal courts in D.C., including challenges to federal policies, employment practices, and cases involving national security or government operations. This includes federal campaign finance violations, as well as cases involving members of congress, federal agencies or high-profile public corruption.
