{"id":159280,"date":"2025-08-03T05:52:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T05:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/senate-confirms-jeanine-pirro-as-u-s-attorney-for-the-district-of-columbia-cbs-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T05:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T05:52:05","slug":"senate-confirms-jeanine-pirro-as-u-s-attorney-for-the-district-of-columbia-cbs-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/senate-confirms-jeanine-pirro-as-u-s-attorney-for-the-district-of-columbia-cbs-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Jeanine Pirro as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia &#8211; CBS News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch CBS News<br \/>           <time datetime=\"2025-08-02T21:06:00-0400\">Updated on:  August 2, 2025 \/ 9:06 PM EDT<\/time>           \/ CBS News         <br \/><em>Washington<\/em> &#8211; The Senate on Saturday approved the nomination of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeanine-pirro-to-replace-ed-martin-as-interim-us-attorney-trump-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jeanine Pirro<\/a><\/span>, an ardent loyalist of President Trump and a Fox News fixture, confirming the cable news personality to a top prosecutor post in Washington, D.C.<br \/>Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, was confirmed in a 50-45 vote. She has been in the job as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia on an acting basis since May. Before then, she co-hosted &#8220;The Five&#8221; on Fox News on weekday evenings, where she frequently interviewed Mr. Trump.<br \/>The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia is a powerful position with a huge staff, budget and portfolio. Her confirmation came days after the Senate approved the nomination of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/senate-emil-bove\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Emil Bove<\/a><\/span>, Mr. Trump&#8217;s former defense lawyer, to serve on a U.S. appeals court.<br \/>Majority Leader John Thune said the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/senate-confirmations-rule-trump-republicans-rule-change-democrats-block\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Senate<\/a><\/span> will adjourn until Sept. 2 once they finish with the round of votes scheduled for Saturday evening.<br \/>&#8220;I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourns to then convene for pro forma session only,&#8221; Thune said.<br \/>Senators have 12 votes remaining following Pirro&#8217;s confirmation, which is why Thune asked for senators to stay in the chamber to expedite votes. There was no objection.<br \/>Mr. Trump on Saturday praised Republican senators and Thune for fighting to get his appointees approved. In his Truth Social post, Mr. Trump blamed Democrats for &#8220;doing everything possible to DELAY these wonderful and talented people from being approved.&#8221;<br \/>The president nominated Pirro as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia after his nomination of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-ed-martin-us-attorney-nomination-withdrawn\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Edward Martin<\/a><\/span> collapsed in the wake of Martin&#8217;s firings of prosecutors who handled some of the Jan. 6 criminal cases. Martin &mdash; a&nbsp;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/january-6-committee-subpoenas-stop-the-steal\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;Stop the Steal&#8221;<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;advocate and MAGA political activist who was among the crowd outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 &mdash; appeared to lack enough support in the Senate needed for confirmation, Mr. Trump said when he announced Pirro&#8217;s nomination.<br \/>Compared to Martin, there was little pushback from Congressional Democrats in response to Pirro&#8217;s selection.<br \/>During Mr. Trump&#8217;s first term, on his last day as president, he pardoned Pirro&#8217;s ex-husband, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/donald-trump-pardons-al-pirro-solomon-melgen-jeanine-pirro-joe-biden-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Al Pirro<\/a><\/span>, who was convicted of tax evasion and conspiracy while his wife was district attorney in Westchester County, New York.<br \/>                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/scott-macfarlane\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Scott  MacFarlane<\/a> and                                                                                       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/cristinacorujo\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Cristina  Corujo<\/a>                            contributed to this report.     <br \/>Kiki Intarasuwan is a news editor for CBS News &amp; Stations.<br \/>       &copy; 2025 CBS Interactive Inc. 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