Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee moved ahead on Thursday with Jeanine Pirro’s nomination to permanently serve as the U.S. district attorney for the District of Columbia.
They proceeded without any Democrats on the committee, however, because they all walked out as Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) moved to vote on a batch of judicial nominees.
Earlier, Democrats had targeted the nomination of Emil Bove, who represented President Donald Trump in a New York criminal case, to a U.S. Court of Appeals nomination. Bove has also served as acting deputy attorney general.
In May, Trump tapped Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as acting U.S. attorney, the latest network personality to join his administration. Pirro was a vocal Trump defender on Fox’s top-rated panel show “The Five.”
“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,” Trump posted on Truth Social when announcing her selection.
