Senate confirms Jeanine Pirro as top DC prosecutor

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The Senate has confirmed Jeanine Pirro as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia after lawmakers failed to reach a deal to fast-track the rest of President Donald Trump‘s nominees.

On Saturday night, the upper chamber voted 50-45 to confirm Pirro as the top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., a role she was serving in an interim capacity as she awaited Senate confirmation.

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