Jeanine Pirro, Fox News and US Attorney
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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.
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.
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.
Walton Goggins also brought his mother onto the ‘SNL’ stage in what has become a tradition for the Mother’s Day episode.