Former Fox News personality Jeannine Pirro took center stage in a New York Times report examining the Donald Trump Department of Justice's struggle to secure grand jury indictments.
According to the report, DOJ prosecutors and Trump appointees in U.S. Attorney offices are experiencing an unusually high rate of failure in obtaining indictments, let alone convictions, as part of the president's agenda.
While former real estate lawyer turned prosecutor Lindsey Halligan has drawn the most scrutiny for mishandling cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Times reports that Pirro may have the poorest track record overall.
Pirro, who served as a prosecutor before becoming a conservative media figure, notably failed to secure a conviction against Sean Dunn, who was prosecuted for throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in Washington, D.C.
As the Times' Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer reported, "In recent months, grand jurors in Washington spurned efforts to indict or ultimately convict anti-Trump activists: a woman who posted a threat against Mr. Trump on Instagram and, most famously, a Justice Department employee who tossed a sandwich at federal officers."
Pirro, who leads the Washington D.C. office, appears to have the highest rate of unsuccessful prosecutions.
"That distinction appears to belong to Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, whose office failed three times to obtain an indictment against a woman who pushed an F.B.I. agent against a wall during a protest over the summer," they wrote. "Even when Ms. Pirro's subordinates changed course and moved forward on misdemeanor charges that did not require an indictment, a trial jury shut them down again, acquitting the woman altogether."
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