Trump is called Jeanine Pirro, Fox News moderator, as a preliminary US lawyer for DC

President Trump said on Thursday that he would name the Fox News -Personality Jeanine Pirro, whose false statements about the 2020 elections part of a lawsuit against the network, the preliminary US lawyer for Washington, were for hours after he was forced to make his first choice.

The selection of Ms. Pirro, the former Republican District Prosecutor of West Chestian County, NY, solves a thorny dilemma for the president who said he would withdraw his nomination in order to permanently install the preliminary US lawyer Ed Martin under pressure from the Senate Republicans.

“During her tenure, Jeanine was a mighty crusader for victims of crime,” the president wrote on social media in order to announce the selection and list her background to the law enforcement authorities. He added: “She is alone in a class.”

Ms. Pirro, 73, has known the President for decades, deserves his trust and made a reliable line available to him in one of the country's most important public prosecutor's office in the Ministry of Justice.

Ms. Pirro has not held a law enforcement officer for two decades since he has resigned as a district prosecutor to pursue offers for a higher position, including an unfortunate run against Hillary Clinton for the Senate before the 2006 elections.

Ms. Pirro has several attributes that she made popular for Mr. Trump: she is on his television every day and defends him with Husky votes as a member of the “Five” promotion about Fox; She asked for a personal risk of trumpets; And she is apparently ready to avoid a lucrative television career at short notice to save it from an embarrassing jam.

Mr. Trump had to act quickly. Mr. Martin's 120-day term as a preliminary US lawyer expires on May 20, and the task would have been filled by the judges who were sitting in front of the Federal Court of Justice in Washington, the President would not have appointed the President.

They are led by one of Mr. Trump's judicial opponents: James E. Boasberg, the Supreme judge of the court, who decided against the administration in several top -class cases.

Ms. Pirro has a much greater name recognition than Mr. Martin, a relatively obscure right-wing activist from Missouri, thanks to stations as a reality TV counterpart “Richter Jeanine” in the CW network and Fox.

But it shares a similar preference for the partisan steam.

Like Mr. Martin, she supports Mr. Trump's efforts to avenge his political enemies, his challenges among federal judges who questioned the legality of his immigration policy, and for months against the legitimacy of Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Ms. Pirro was one of the Fox hosts, which were mentioned in a lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems on the question of the validity of vocal papers on Fox programs. Fox let the case began and had to recognize that statements by Ms. Pirro and others were wrong.

She defended Mr. Trump and offered him her support when he needed the most urgent, especially in the days before the 2016 elections, when an edition of “Access Hollywood” threatened to overwhelm his campaign.

He also proved to be a reliable ally for her family. In 2021 Mr. Trump pardoned Ms. Pirros former husband – and Mr. Trump's former lawyer – Albert J. Pirro Jr., who was convicted of conspiracy and tax evasion in the last hours of his first term.

Fox News said Ms. Pirro would immediately withdraw from the network and described her as “a long-time moderator in the FOX news media, which had contributed greatly to our success during her entire 14-year term”.

Ms. Pirro, born in Elmira, NY, visited the Albany Law School and received an aggressive, self -quality prosecutor who focused on cases of domestic violence.

Her name has appeared in short lists over the years for a variety of appointments in Trump administration, including the Attorney General and the Supreme Court.

ABC News previously reported that Ms. Pirro was considered as a US lawyer in Washington.

Mr. Trump said on Thursday that he would move Mr. Martin into the new roles in the Ministry of Justice, which will associate the deputy attorney in general and attorney. The government had fired the previous pardon lawyer in the middle of a dispute over whether the weapons rights of the actor Mel Gibson, who pursued a conviction for domestic violence, restored.

Mr. Martin also becomes the director of the “weapons working group”, which is supposed to carry out “abuse of the criminal justice process” by local and federal officials, but the president seems to offer a lever to convey a retaliation against his perceived enemies.

Michael M. Grynbaum Reported reports.