Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia in a 50–45 vote. President Trump had already appointed the 74-year-old lawyer to the role on an interim basis in May.

The Republican-led Senate convened over the weekend at Trump's request for an unscheduled session to vote on Pirro's appointment. With her confirmation, she joins a roster of former Fox News personalities who have been elevated to influential positions by the president. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also previously worked for the network.

Trump praised the former judge and former Westchester County District Attorney in New York as being "in a class of her own."

However, the Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking Democrat, Dick Durbin, criticised the decision, calling Pirro merely a "yes-woman for Donald Trump" who "should never be a permanent U.S. attorney." He also pointed to conspiracy theories promoted by Pirro regarding alleged voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden.

Pirro became widely known as the host of the program Judge Jeanine Pirro on The CW network. She later hosted Justice with Judge Jeanine on Fox News for 11 years.