Tom Boggioni
May 10, 2025
RAW STORY
Jeanine Pirro (Photo by Jim Lamparski for Reuters)
According to a report from NOTUS, Donald Trump's replacement hire to serve as the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., has hundreds of thousands of dollars dating back to 2006 that have reportedly never been paid.
As Dave Levinthal of NOTUS wrote, Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro's unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate resulted in vendors left hanging according to FEC reports to the tune of $600,000.
As he wrote, "Pirro’s 2006 U.S. Senate campaign failed for years to file mandatory financial reports with the Federal Election Commission, despite repeated warnings from regulators," with one regulator warning in 2024, "The failure to timely file a complete report may result in civil money penalties, an audit or legal enforcement action."
Reporting, "The Pirro committee’s $600,000 in total debts involved nearly two-dozen creditors, including Mercury Public Affairs ($37,640), Verizon ($1,859.28) and the U.S. Postal Service ($1,627.30)," Levinthal reported that in 2019 the Pirro for Senate committee claimed, "... these debts, based on contract, are not collectable as the [New York state] 6-year [statute] of limitations has long passed.”
In May of the same year, the FEC allowed the committee to abandon filing reports with the admonition, “... administrative termination of your reporting obligation does not relieve the committee of any legal responsibility for the payment of any outstanding debt or obligation.”
You can read more here.
MSNBC host urges viewers to 'Google it' while digging into Jeanine Pirro's sketchy history
Tom Boggioni
May 10, 2025
RAW STORY
Jeanine Pirro walks on the hallway during a break at Manhattan criminal court in New York, US, on Friday, May 10, 2024. JEENAH MOON/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
On Saturday morning's edition of MSNBC's "The Weekend," co-host Jonathan Capehart expressed both dismay and surprise that Donald Trump selected Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro to serve as Washington, D.C.'s interim U.S. attorney considering her history.
Speaking with his co-hosts, he claimed it doesn't take much effort to dig up Pirro's sketchy background when it comes to law enforcement and offered some tips to viewers.
"Talk about failing upward!" he exclaimed before continuing, "She's not qualified."
Point out the longtime friendship between Pirro and Trump, Capehart continued, "They are such good friends that at the end of his first term as president, didn't he, yeah, he gave her former husband, tax cheat ex-husband Al a pardon."
"And folks, do yourself a favor just Google 'Jeanine Pirro,' 'husband,' 'FBI,' 'Bernie Kerik,'" he advised.
"See, there's a whole thing, a scandal from 20 years ago where she is caught on tape talking to the former New York police commissioner about bugging her husband's boat for reasons you can read in that story if you Google it," he continued.
You can watch below or at the link.
'Bombastic talking head': MSNBC panel mocks Trump's 'reality show' pick Jeanine Pirro
Fox News
May 10, 2025
ALTERNET
President Donald Trump has picked far-right Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Washington, D.C. office. Trump's Pirro announcement followed his decision not to nominate the current interim U.S. attorney for that office, Ed Martin, permanently.
Pirro has a background as a prosecutor: in the past, she served as DA in Westchester County, New York. But in recent years, Pirro's main focus has been working as a Fox News pundit.
Trump's decision to appoint Pirro to DOJ drew a biting response from a Saturday morning, May 10 panel on MSNBC's "The Weekend." And the three hosts — The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart, Politico's Eugene Daniels and Never Trump conservative Elise Jordan — agreed that Pirro is being hired for her loyalty to Trump, not because she brings a long DOJ resume to the table.
Capehart complained, "She's not qualified to do any of this stuff." And Daniels responded, "For Trump, she is."
Daniels elaborated, "The qualifications that he has for a lot of these people — and we're looking at 21 different Fox News personalities or contributors who have joined the second Trump Administration…..The qualifications aren't: Can they run the department? It's: Do they have loyalty to him? And more importantly, do they have disdain for the organization of which they're a part? He also tells people that he likes folks who look the part. Right? And you know, whether that means they're pretty or they're handsome or they look strong."
Daniels noted that when Trump picks nominees, he is thinking like "the producer of a reality show" — and by that standard, Pirro fights right in.
Jordan agreed, interjecting, "And he loves having someone who is a bombastic talking head is and is going to fight."
Watch the full video below or at this link.
ALTERNET
President Donald Trump has picked far-right Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Washington, D.C. office. Trump's Pirro announcement followed his decision not to nominate the current interim U.S. attorney for that office, Ed Martin, permanently.
Pirro has a background as a prosecutor: in the past, she served as DA in Westchester County, New York. But in recent years, Pirro's main focus has been working as a Fox News pundit.
Trump's decision to appoint Pirro to DOJ drew a biting response from a Saturday morning, May 10 panel on MSNBC's "The Weekend." And the three hosts — The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart, Politico's Eugene Daniels and Never Trump conservative Elise Jordan — agreed that Pirro is being hired for her loyalty to Trump, not because she brings a long DOJ resume to the table.
Capehart complained, "She's not qualified to do any of this stuff." And Daniels responded, "For Trump, she is."
Daniels elaborated, "The qualifications that he has for a lot of these people — and we're looking at 21 different Fox News personalities or contributors who have joined the second Trump Administration…..The qualifications aren't: Can they run the department? It's: Do they have loyalty to him? And more importantly, do they have disdain for the organization of which they're a part? He also tells people that he likes folks who look the part. Right? And you know, whether that means they're pretty or they're handsome or they look strong."
Daniels noted that when Trump picks nominees, he is thinking like "the producer of a reality show" — and by that standard, Pirro fights right in.
Jordan agreed, interjecting, "And he loves having someone who is a bombastic talking head is and is going to fight."
Watch the full video below or at this link.
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