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- Former Fox News host and Judge Jeanine Pirro's nomination for top D.C. prosecutor advances</p>
<p>Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY July 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM</p>
<p>Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro has moved one step closer to taking on a long-term role as the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., after a Senate committee voted to advance her nomination July 17.</p>
<p>The vote by the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee sets the stage for a vote by the full Senate on Pirro's bid to be the D.C. U.S. attorney. Pirro has already been serving in the role on an interim basis since mid-May, after Trump withdrew the nomination of Ed Martin in the face of opposition from Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) due to Martin's support for Jan. 6-related defendants.</p>
<p>The D.C. U.S. attorney's office is a particularly critical prosecutorial office, with the responsibility for enforcing laws for the nation's top government officials. The office was behind well over 1,000 prosecutions against defendants accused of committing crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol to block the peaceful transfer of power following Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election. Trump granted clemency to all those defendants on his first day in office in 2025.</p>
<p>Jeanine Pirro speaks during the swearing-in ceremony as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 28, 2025.</p>
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<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Judge Jeanine Pirro moves closer to powerful top D.C. prosecutor role</p>
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