Jeanine Pirro Finds Her Limit

The Reflecting Pool criminal cases pit the former Fox News host’s prosecutor background against the president’s preferred path.

Jeanine Pirro

Over the past 14 months, Jeanine Pirro has had no equal in pursuing the issues most closely tied to Trump’s personal spats. (Samuel Corum/Sipa USA via AP Images)

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.