Trump Names Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro Acting US Attorney General

President Donald Trump named Fox News host Jeanine Pirro acting U.S. attorney general for Washington, D.C. on Thursday, continuing the dizzying revolving door between the conservative cable-news network and the Trump administration.

In an afternoon Truth Social post, the president said, “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.”

Pirro was previously a judge and later district attorney in Westchester County, New York. She later joined Fox News in 2006. Until being tapped by Trump for the acting U.S. attorney general gig she has served as one of the co-hosts of “The Five” – one of the highest-rated programs on cable news, a distinction that Trump noted in making the announcement.

Trump chose Pirro after his first choice, Ed Martin, lacked the support to make it out of Judiciary Committee from a key Republican senator. Martin’s nomination had faced multiple controversies, including several revisions of his disclosures to Congress regarding past appearances on Russian state media, and his public praise of Capitol rioter Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, an alleged Nazi sympathizer.

After announcing Pirro, Trump stated on his Truth Social account that Martin would join the Department of Justice in another capacity as Associate Deputy Attorney General and pardon attorney.

Pirro, a longtime friend of Trump’s and outspoken supporter, had previously annd successfully lobbied the president during his first term to pardon her ex-husband, Albert Pirro, over a more than two-decade-old conviction on 34 counts of conspiracy and tax evasion.

In leaping from TV to the Trump administration, Pirro joins a long list of Fox News talent, contributors and alumni — totaling 21 in all — including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and FBI deputy director Dan Bongino.

Several of those appointments have come under intense criticism, none more so than Hegseth, who has been under siege since news broke of the Signalgate scandal and subsequent revelations about the way that he has treated sensitive information, such as including his wife and brother.

Fox News’ Bret Baier announced Pirro’s exit on air, saying, “We obviously wish her well.” Fox said that the network will feature rotating hosts in Pirro’s place on “The Five” until a permanent replacement is named.

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