WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has filled the post after former Fox News host Janine Piro confirmed as the nation’s top federal prosecutor and withdrew the controversial first pick, conservative activist Ed Martin Jr.
Former County Prosecutor and elected judge, Pillo, confirmed 50-45. Before becoming a US lawyer for the District of Columbia in May, she co-hosted the Fox News show “The Five” on weekday evenings, where she frequently interviewed Trump.
Trump pulled Martin nomination Major Republican Senators He said he could not support Martin’s open support for the mob that stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Martin is currently serving as a pardon attorney for the Department of Justice.
Voting Technology Company in 2021 SmartMatic USA Fox News, Pirro and others have accused the company of spreading false claims that it helped it “steal” the 2020 presidential election from Trump. The company’s honorary lawsuit filed in New York State Court sought $2.7 billion from the defendant.
Last month, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to send Piro’s nomination to the Senate floor after Democrats left to protest. Emile Bove nominations Become a judge for the federal court of appeals.
A graduate of Albany Law School in 1975, Piro has significantly more courtroom experience than Martin, who had never served as a prosecutor or attempted to sue before taking office in January. She was elected judge at Westchester County Courthouse in New York in 1990, and then served three terms as the county’s elected district attorney.
In the final minutes of his first term as president, Trump issued an amnesty to Piro’s ex-husband, Albert Piro.
