Jeff Sessions better check his closet before he goes to bed. If he’s not careful, Fox News host Judge Jeanine could be waiting inside, ready to spring on him!
Judge Jeanine is considering being President Trump’s pick to be the replacement of Jeff Sessions as attorney general. We know that the Judge is close to Trump. In fact, Trump considers Jeanine’s Fox show his favorite on the conservative network. (RELATED: President Trump Considers Judge Jeanine Pirro’s Fox News Show a Must-Watch).
We also know that Jeanine is in regular contact with the President. And we know she doesn’t like Jeff Sessions, previously complaining that he didn’t have the guts to go after Hillary Clinton for illegal activities. (Judge Jeanine Pirro Goes Off On Jeff Sessions to Trump in Private Meeting).
Likewise, we know that President Trump has soured on Sessions even more than usual. In the past few days, Trump has blasted his AG over Twitter:
The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax continues, all because Jeff Sessions didn’t tell me he was going to recuse himself…I would have quickly picked someone else. So much time and money wasted, so many lives ruined…and Sessions knew better than most that there was No Collusion!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2018
Rep.Trey Gowdy, “I don’t think so, I think what the President is doing is expressing frustration that Attorney General Sessions should have shared these reasons for recusal before he took the job, not afterward. If I were the President and I picked someone to be the country’s….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
….chief law enforcement officer, and they told me later, ‘oh by the way I’m not going to be able to participate in the most important case in the office, I would be frustrated too…and that’s how I read that – Senator Sessions, why didn’t you tell me before I picked you…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
Mix it all together, and you start to see that Trump could possibly appoint Pirro to be AG. It wouldn’t be the first time Trump tapped Fox talent for the high-profile role. Rudy Giuliani, a Fox regular, was chosen as Trump’s top lawyer in the Mueller probe. John Bolton, another Fox heavyweight, was also chosen as Trump’s national security advisor.
And it looks like Jeanine hasn’t stopped egging on Trump to appoint her as AG.
Politico reports:
Jeanine Pirro has a top-rated Fox News show and a forthcoming book — “Lies, Leakers, and Liberals” — but she still wants to be President Donald Trump’s attorney general.
A former prosecutor and judge, Pirro has repeatedly told Trump’s aides and advisers over the past 18 months that she’s interested in taking over as the nation’s top law enforcement official, according to four people familiar with the conversations.
Trump has dangled the possibility of giving her a top appointment. During a November meeting in the Oval Office, the president raised the possibility of nominating Pirro to a federal judgeship, according to a former administration official, though this person added that Trump was more likely engaging in flattery than seriously considering putting Pirro on the bench.
Politico: Judge Jeanine still tangoing w/ Trump over an administration role: Trump has dangled top jobs in front of the Fox News host, who has expressed interest in leaving her cable-news perch for gov’t (@elianayjohnson @AndrewRestuccia) https://t.co/3wSksjaZUv
— Evan Rosenfeld (@Evan_Rosenfeld) June 7, 2018
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