Jeanine Pirro | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Pirro in 2021 | |
| District Attorney of Westchester County | |
| In office January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Vergari |
| Succeeded by | Janet DiFiore |
| Judge of the Westchester County Court | |
| In office January 1, 1991 – May 1993[citation needed] | |
| Preceded by | Francis Nicolai |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Angiolillo Peter Leavitt[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeanine Ferris June 2, 1951 Elmira, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Albert Pirro
(m. 1975; div. 2013) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University at Buffalo (BA) Albany Law School (JD) |
Jeanine Ferris Pirro[2] (born June 2, 1951)[3] is an American television host and author, and is also a former judge, prosecutor, and politician in the state of New York.[4][5]
Pirro was elected as a judge of the Westchester County (N.Y.) Court in 1990. In 1993, she was elected to the position of Westchester County district attorney. She is the first woman to be elected to either of those positions. As district attorney, Pirro gained visibility in cases of domestic abuse and crimes against the elderly. Pirro was re-elected district attorney in 1997 and 2001. Pirro briefly sought the Republican nomination for United States Senate to run against Hillary Clinton in 2006, but dropped out to accept the nomination for New York Attorney General; she lost the general election to Democrat Andrew Cuomo.
From 2008 to 2011, Pirro hosted a weekday television show entitled Judge Jeanine Pirro on The CW. From 2011 to 2022, she hosted Justice with Judge Jeanine on Fox News Channel. Pirro has authored six books, including Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy (2018). Following the 2020 presidential election, Pirro made false claims of voting machine fraud. In 2022, Pirro became a co-host of The Five. She has been a frequent contributor to NBC News, including regular appearances on The Today Show.
Pirro was named as a defendant in a February 2021 defamation lawsuit by Smartmatic. Pirro was among the hosts named in the Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false statements about the plaintiff company's voting machines. Fox News settled the case for $787.5 million and was required to acknowledge that the broadcast statements were false.[6][7][8]
- ^ "Record Group 4: Judiciary" (PDF). Westchester County Archives Desk Reference. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bandler, Jonathan (March 1, 2018). "Jeanine Pirro: Fox News force, conservative darling, Donald Trump pal [Sidebar The Pirro File]". The Journal News. Lower Hudson Valley, New York: Gannett. Archived from the original on January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ Rutenberg, Jim (October 31, 2018). "You Don't Need to Go to the Dark Web to Find Hateful Conspiracy Theories". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 22, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ Thebault, Reis (March 17, 2019). "Fox News bumps 'Judge Jeanine' after remarks about Rep. Omar's hijab. Trump wants her back on air". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 7, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ "Fox News and three hosts sued for $2.7 billion by voting machine company over election-fraud claims". USA Today. Associated Press. February 4, 2021. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
- ^ Folkenflik, David; Yang, Mary (April 18, 2023). "Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems". NPR. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ Davis, Eric (March 31, 2023). "Summary Judgment" (PDF). Superior Court of the State of Delaware. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.