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Donald Trump strongly believes that being a Fox News host qualifies people for almost every job in government. So naturally, he is a strong supporter of Jeanine Pirro, his choice for U.S. attorney for D.C., one of the two most powerful U.S. attorneys in the country (along with the head of the SDNY). Pirro is somewhat qualified in the sense that she was Westchester County D.A. She is also extremely political, having run for lt. governor, senator, and attorney general. Of course, she either dropped out or lost all the races.
But her biggest qualification for one of the two most important U.S. attorney positions is her unflinching loyalty to Donald J. Trump. On Fox, she was a major source of lies about the 2020 presidential election and has advocated prosecuting the prosecutors of the Jan. 6 rioters. If Trump wants someone prosecuted, she will get on the case instantly. She will totally corrupt a key federal office.
Needless to say, almost all Republicans are for her nomination. The Senate Judiciary Committee has now advanced her nomination to a full vote of the Senate—despite her refusal to fill out the questionnaire the senators gave her to fill out. After all, if Trump supports someone, where did the senators get the idea that they have something to say about the nomination? She also refused to appear before the Committee to answer (largely pointless) questions. The vote was 12-10 along party lines.
This is Trump's second attempt at appointing a U.S. attorney for D.C. The first one, Ed Martin, was so bad that even Republicans were complaining about him and it was clear he would be rejected by the full Senate. (V)