📺Senate advances Fox host Pirro to prosecute Trump's enemies
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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines July 24, 2025, to advance former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C., giving the controversial TV personality prosecutorial power over January 6 cases and political investigations. Democrats strongly objected to placing a partisan media figure in charge of the office that prosecutes federal crimes in the nation's capital.
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- <ul><li><strong>Television personalities replace career prosecutors when entertainment value trumps legal expertise</strong>: Pirro's media background prioritizes political messaging over criminal justice competence
- transforming federal prosecution into partisan theater. Mueller
- Comey
- and other career prosecutors built cases through evidence gathering
- while TV hosts build careers through inflammatory rhetoric designed for ratings rather than courtroom success.</li><li><strong>January 6 prosecutions become political weapons when partisan prosecutors control Washington DC courts</strong>: Pirro's appointment signals potential dismissal or manipulation of cases against Trump allies who attacked the Capitol. Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre demonstrated how presidents use prosecutorial appointments to escape legal accountability for constitutional violations and criminal behavior.</li><li><strong>DC residents face partisan law enforcement without voting representation to prevent political capture of justice</strong>: Seven hundred thousand citizens lose impartial prosecution while lacking Senate votes to prevent ideological appointments. Colonial taxation without representation created identical conflicts when distant authorities controlled local justice without democratic accountability to affected populations.</li><li><strong>Media-to-prosecutor pipeline destroys institutional independence when loyalists reward political allies</strong>: Federal prosecutors traditionally maintain professional distance from politics to ensure fair treatment regardless of defendants' party affiliation. Appointing television propagandists eliminates this separation
- creating justice system that serves presidential interests rather than constitutional law.</li></ul>
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Why This Matters
Fox News host becomes chief prosecutor of Trump's enemies:
Pirro gains power to prosecute or dismiss cases against January 6 defendants and investigate political opponents in DC.
Judicial independence dies when TV personalities run prosecutors' offices:
Appointing media loyalists over career prosecutors turns justice into political theater for ratings.
DC residents face partisan law enforcement without representation:
Capital citizens can't vote for senators who confirm the prosecutor controlling their justice system.
Document Pirro's conflicts before she takes office:
File FOIA requests for her case assignments at justice.gov—sunshine prevents political prosecutions.
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