Get to know Jeanine Pirro, the Fox News host and former judge recently appointed by Donald Trump as interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C.

In March 2019, a then-Fox News host was sitting quietly, scanning the news, when suddenly their phone rang. They were told to “hold for the president” of the United States, Donald Trump.

The current Fox News host has not yet been nominated as the capital city’s full-time federal prosecutor, but Senate Republicans seem ready to get behind her candidacy as Ed Martin's replacement.

Saturday Night Live opened by skewering Donald Trump ‘s latest choice of a Fox News personality for a top administration position. This time, it was Jeanine Pirro, the co-host of The Five, who this week was named interim U.S. attorney. Returning to play a Merlot-loving Judge Jeanine was Cecily Strong.

President Donald Trump says he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job.

Live cast member Cecily Strong crashed this week’s cold open, reprising her iconic role as Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro. Strong’s Pirro walked on stage holding just her purse, but soon revealed its content: a bottle of red wine.

Colbert said President Trump’s latest appointment from the Fox News roster “drank a whole bottle of champagne, and then someone told her the news.”

Jeanine Pirro is the first U.S. attorney nominee known to have come under a federal probe after being caught on tape scheming to catch a cheating spouse in the act.