WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Jeanine Pirro to be the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia:
“As I’ve said for weeks, Ms. Pirro’s record is deeply troubling. She’s a January 6 apologist, siding with violent insurrectionists over law enforcement and supporting criminal charges against line prosecutors who handled insurrection-related cases. She’s an election denialist, recklessly peddling President Trump’s Big Lie despite even her own Fox News producers and executives warning her to reel it in. She is fueling the Trump Administration’s cruel immigration policies, falsely claiming that the Administration could deport immigrants without due process. And ultimately, she’s a Donald Trump loyalist, attacking his perceived political opponents and showing no willingness to put the rule of law ahead of the President’s wishes.
“President Trump has been using the Justice Department to protect his allies and go after his enemies, and Ms. Pirro has proven to be a willing accomplice in weaponizing the justice system. She is not fit to be the U.S. Attorney for our nation’s capital and I believe it’s a grave mistake my Republican colleagues voted to confirm her.”
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