Jeanine Pirro

Jeanine Pirro
Official portrait, 2025
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
Assumed office
May 14, 2025
Interim: May 14, 2025 – August 2, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byEd Martin (interim)
District Attorney of Westchester County
In office
January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2005
Preceded byCarl Vergari
Succeeded byJanet DiFiore
Judge of the Westchester County Court
In office
January 1, 1991 – May 1993
Preceded byFrancis Nicolai
Succeeded byDaniel Angiolillo
Peter Leavitt
Personal details
Born
Jeanine Ferris

(1951-06-02) June 2, 1951 (age 75)
Elmira, New York, US
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Albert Pirro
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(m. 1975; div. 2013)​
Children2
EducationUniversity at Buffalo (BA)
Albany Law School (JD)

Jeanine Ferris Pirro (born June 2, 1951) is an American television host and author, and a former New York State judge, prosecutor, and politician. She has been the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia since 2025.

Pirro was the host of Fox News Channel's Justice with Judge Jeanine until 2022. She is now a co-host on The Five. She was a contributor to NBC News. She is a member of the Republican Party. She was the first female judge elected in Westchester County, New York.

Pirro was elected the first female District Attorney of Westchester County.

Pirro briefly sought the Republican nomination for United States Senate to run against Hillary Clinton in 2006, but dropped out to accept the nomination for New York Attorney General, which she did not win.

On May 8, 2025, president Donald Trump named Pirro as the interim United States attorney for the District of Columbia to succeed Ed Martin.

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Record Group 4: Judiciary" (PDF). Westchester County Archives Desk Reference. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Rutenberg, Jim (October 31, 2018). "You Don't Need to Go to the Dark Web to Find Hateful Conspiracy Theories". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ Thebault, Reis (March 17, 2019). "Fox News bumps 'Judge Jeanine' after remarks about Rep. Omar's hijab. Trump wants her back on air". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Former District Attorneys". Westchester County District Attorney. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ Haberman, Maggie; Thrush, Glenn (May 8, 2025). "Trump Names Pirro as Interim U.S. Attorney in Washington". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2025.