How Jeanine Pirro became a central figure in Trump’s D.C. takeover
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🗓️ 2 September 2025
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| 0:00.0 | And President Trump's continued push for greater control over Washington, D.C., he's relying more on his friend and former Fox News host, Janine Piro. |
| 0:09.2 | She's the new U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. |
| 0:12.1 | And as William Brangham reports, she brings her outspoken controversial style to one of the top law enforcement jobs in the nation's capital. |
| 0:20.7 | No more tolerance of hatred. No more murder. one of the top law enforcement jobs in the nation's capital. |
| 0:21.3 | No more tolerance of hatred, no more mercy for criminals. |
| 0:27.0 | She's often one of the loudest voices in the room. |
| 0:29.9 | I see too much violent crime being committed by young punks who think that they can get |
| 0:36.2 | together in gangs and crews and beat the hell out of you or anyone else. |
| 0:41.3 | Janine Piro, the former Fox News commentator, has emerged as one of the central figures in the federal takeover of Washington, D.C.,'s law enforcement. |
| 0:51.3 | Today, we're honored to swear in Janine Piro, somebody I've known for a long time, |
| 0:55.7 | and she's an incredible person. |
| 0:57.2 | A close friend to the president, Puro was appointed the city's interim U.S. attorney in May |
| 1:02.4 | after Trump was forced to withdraw Ed Martin, his first choice for the job after pressure |
| 1:08.6 | from Senate Republicans. |
| 1:10.5 | Piro was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in August. |
| 1:13.6 | She is unique. |
| 1:15.6 | Glenn Thrush of the New York Times has covered Piro for years. |
| 1:18.6 | Piero, unlike a lot of these other folks, has had a 30, 35-year history with Trump. |
| 1:24.6 | She comes from a time and a place where he is from, New York in the 80s and 90s. I was there too. And there's not much of a learning curve. |
| 1:33.7 | The Honorable Judge, Janine Piro, presiding. |
| 1:35.6 | Piro first rose to national fame as a TV judge. |
| 1:39.8 | The Washington, D.C. Swamp, and then on Fox News, as a political commentator known for her blunt talk. |
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