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Senate Judiciary Committee reports Jeanine Pirro nomination 12–10 after heated debate
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12–10 on Oct. 5, 2025, to report the nomination of Jeanine Pirro to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia after extended, often contentious debate over her public statements and qualifications.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 5, 2025, voted 12–10 to report the nomination of Jeanine Pirro to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia after a contentious markup in which several senators criticized Pirro's public statements about January 6, prosecutorial ethics and the 2020 election.
The committee recorded 12 votes in favor and 10 opposed on the roll call to report Pirro to the full Senate. Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley presided over the markup. Ranking Member Dick Durbin and multiple Democratic senators urged further public scrutiny of Pirro's record before final confirmation.
Why it matters: The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia oversees the largest U.S. Attorney's Office in the country and handles thousands of criminal and civil…
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