Jeanine Pirro, the newly confirmed U.S. lawyer for the District of Columbia, has set her sight on focusing on unlawful firearm trafficking and immigration legal guidelines in Washington.
Pirro was confirmed in a 50-45 vote by the Senate alongside social gathering traces on Saturday.
Earlier than being accredited for the publish, Pirro signaled she would oversee an intense crackdown on unlawful immigration and weapons within the nation’s capital.
“We’ll search free trial detention in all circumstances, regardless of excuse, due to the hazard that these weapons pose to our neighborhood. And we are going to cope with the ache and trauma that victims expertise by the hands of criminals in a approach that respects these victims,” Pirro mentioned in a video posted to the social media platform X final Friday.
“Our job is to signify you and as proven right here, my workplace will go to each size to uncover legal acts, show them in court docket, and maintain the offenders accountable,” she added.
On Saturday, Pirro lauded the significance of a detailed partnership with native regulation enforcement.
“Due to the DC POLICE UNION – we are going to work collectively to scrub up DC,” Pirro wrote on social media.
Her priorities align with the broader Trump administration’s agenda.
The president and Pirro’s friendship dates again a long time in response to the The Washington Post and her appointment follows Trump’s choice to pull Ed Martin as his nominee for the publish earlier this 12 months.
Collectively, the Pirro and the president will now work to implement Trump’s “Making the District of Columbia Beautiful” government order which targets public security priorities together with the personal sector forward of the nation’s 250th founding anniversary in 2026.
Pirro, a former Fox Information host who commonly appeared on “The 5,” is a former choose and prosecutor who was elected a number of instances to function district lawyer for Westchester County in New York.