Jeanine Pirro took on the role of the top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., with two personas: a bombastic Fox News host willing to pursue politically charged issues with zeal, and a former Westchester County prosecutor and judge who wants to run a U.S. attorney’s office with a sense of normalcy.
President Donald Trump’s botched Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool project put those sides at odds — and her job at risk.
Pirro is now facing what so many Trump loyalists have experienced: public criticism from the president when their expertise clashes with the stance from the Oval Office.