Donald Trump will appoint Fox News host Jeanine Pirro interim US attorney for the District of Columbia, the latest twist at one of the country’s most high-profile enforcement bureaus.
The US president on Thursday said in a post on his Truth Social platform that Pirro was “in a class by herself”, noting her former role as district attorney for Westchester County, New York, and her current work on television, a career often admired by Trump.
Pirro’s appointment is the latest personnel shake-up in the prominent US attorney’s office in Washington. She replaces Ed Martin, a Trump loyalist who has supported rioters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6 2021, as head of the bureau.