UPDATED 6:45 PM EDT, May 8, 2025

President Trump announced Jeanine Pirro's appointment as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia in a Truth Social post, writing:

"I am pleased to announce that Judge Jeanine Pirro will be appointed interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Jeanine was Assistant District Attorney for Westchester County, New York, and then went on to serve as County Judge, and District Attorney, where she was the first woman ever to be elected to those positions. During her time in office, Jeanine was a powerful crusader for victims of crime. Her establishment of the Domestic Violence Bureau in her Prosecutor's Office was the first in the Nation. She excelled in all ways. In addition to her Legal career, Jeanine previously hosted her own Fox News Show, Justice with Judge Jeanine, for ten years, and is currently Co-Host of The Five, one of the Highest Rated Shows on Television. 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. Congratulations Jeanine!"

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"Be careful what you wish for" is something I routinely think when mulling over political strategy. Whenever you want a certain politician or appointee removed, you have to be sure that the replacement won't be worse. For instance, when I was writing about LA County Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, someone asked me, "What if you succeed in having her removed, but they bring in someone who's just as much of a True Believer as Ferrer but easier on the eyes and with better speaking ability?" Unfortunately we haven't yet succeeded in getting rid of Not-a-Doctor Ferrer, so we don't know who would be foisted upon us in that scenario, but the warning stayed with me.

It's something Sen. Thom Tillis (R-RINO) should have thought about when obstinately and publicly dissing President Trump's selection for US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin. While taking questions from reporters Thursday, Trump signaled that he would be naming someone else for that office since Martin's nomination wouldn't be able to get out of the Senate Judiciary Committee due to Tillis' opposition, which seemed to be a Tillis victory.

Whoa: Trump Says He's Pulling Ed Martin's Nom for US Attorney in D.C. - That's on Tillis

Now we're learning, according to both Axios and ABC News, that Trump is considering appointing Jeanine Pirro, a former judge and prosecutor and co-host of Fox News' "The Five" to the post as interim U.S. Attorney. Axios' reporting went a bit further than ABC's, saying that "The job is Pirro's to have if she wants it, a senior administration official told Axios."

EXCLUSIVE: Pres. Trump is strongly considering installing Fox News host and ex-prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, sources said. https://t.co/1nMIoIyLD6

— ABC News (@ABC) May 8, 2025

Martin can only serve as interim U.S. Attorney for a few more weeks without confirmation, and without a replacement it would be left to anti-Trump US District Court Judge James Boasberg to name a U.S. Attorney. Obviously, Trump can't allow that to happen.

Pirro is on the same page as Martin regarding January 6 defendants, so Tillis is likely to oppose this nomination too, but given Pirro's decades of legal experience and her experience as both a prosecutor and a judge (Martin did not have that experience) and the fact that Pirro did not represent January 6 defendants in court, Tillis will have a hard time outright opposing the nomination.

How will Jessica Tarlov react? That's the video I'd like to see.

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