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Jeanine Pirro

Opinion · Former Fox legal/political commentary host; now U.S. Attorney for D.C. · @JudgeJeanine on X

Former Republican Westchester County district attorney and 2006 GOP nominee for New York attorney general who hosted Fox News programs from 2011 until May 2025, when Trump named her U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

Previously: Fox News (Justice with Judge Jeanine, The Five), The CW (Judge Jeanine Pirro), NBC News contributor

Slant Score · ranked #174 of 175 from most left to most right
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The receipts (3)

Retracted / proven false · served the right · +3.8 R · Dec 18, 2020

Aired Dominion/Smartmatic vote-rigging claims

Pirro was among hosts who amplified voting-machine fraud claims; her show aired a rebuttal segment after Smartmatic's legal demand, and Fox settled with Dominion for $787.5 million after a court found the statements false.

Source: The Propaganda Files →
On-record statement · served the right · +1.4 R · Nov 5, 2018

Speaks at Trump campaign rally

Spoke on stage after Hannity at Trump's Cape Girardeau, Mo., midterm rally; Fox said it does not condone such participation.

Source: NBC Washington →
Partisan job · served the right · +2.3 R · May 31, 2006

Republican nominee for New York attorney general

Elected Westchester County DA on the Republican line (1993, re-elected 1997 and 2001); briefly ran for U.S. Senate in 2005 and was the 2006 GOP nominee for NY attorney general, losing to Andrew Cuomo.

Source: Wikipedia →
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