President Donald Trump on Wednesday held a swearing-in ceremony for Jeanine Pirro, who was tapped to serve as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
“Over five decades, Jeanine Pirro, known by millions as ‘Judge Jeanine’ has devoted her life to the pursuit of justice, the defense of freedom, and the fair, equal, and impartial rule of law,” Trump said while introducing Pirro in the Oval Office.
President Trump spoke highly of Pirro’s legal track record, saying, “She went after real criminals, not fake criminals like we seem to do nowadays.”
“So Jeanine Pirro, I have no doubt, will be an exceptional U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, one of the truly most important positions in our country,” Trump added.
“My voice should be heard loud and clear. No more tolerance of hatred. No more mercy for criminals,” Pirro said when she spoke briefly from the podium to the room full of reporters.
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Last week, Pirro announced another major arrest.
In a press release, Pirro’s office announced that a Washington state man who livestreamed threats has been convicted on several charges.
The 39-year-old man from Pasco, Washington, was found guilty by a federal judge yesterday of illegally carrying two guns without a license, unlawfully possessing ammunition, and spreading false information and hoaxes. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Steven J. Jensen of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Crimes made the announcements.
Judge Carl J. Nichols of the U.S. District Court found Taylor Taranto guilty of all charges and will set up a sentencing hearing after deciding whether to grant the defense’s request to free Taranto until the sentencing hearing.
On June 28, 2023, Taranto streamed a live video of himself while driving his van near National Harbor, Maryland. He told the crowd that he had been “working on a detonator” and that he was going to drive a car bomb into the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
He was going after a neutron generator on the NIST grounds. Then he drove across the Wilson Bridge to Alexandria, Virginia. He parked his van in the street and fled to show his audience how to fake an emergency.
The Joint Terrorism Task Force and the FBI’s Washington Field Office moved right away to find Taranto and let other police departments in the area know about the possible bomb threat.
Following that, Taranto recorded another video in which he was seen driving around the Kalorama neighborhood of D.C. This is how the FBI found out where he was. The police caught Taranto at Kalorama and found out that the bomb threat was a fake.
Police officers searched his car and found two guns, several clips, and hundreds of rounds of ammo.
Pirro’s office made headlines earlier this week when she announced criminal charges and sentencing in Washington, D.C.
The sentence for two guys who carried out a drive-by shooting near an elementary school in D.C. in broad daylight was revealed by Pirro on Wednesday evening, the same day she took office, the Washington Examiner noted.
Due to their involvement in the April 2024 shooting, Rasheed Mullins, 27, and Josiah Warfield, 24, were both given sentences exceeding seven years in federal prison. Mullins was sentenced to 90 months and Warfield to 100 months; both were then had to serve five years of supervised release. Earlier this year, both individuals entered guilty pleas to assault with intent to murder while armed.
Her office also announced on Thursday that Te’Vaughn Brown, 20, has been indicted for felony assault on a senior person prior to a Nationals baseball game in August of last year, with a trial scheduled for July 14.
