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MaddowBlog-Collapse of Jerome Powell case adds to Jeanine Pirro's embarrassing losing streak
As the dust settles on the debacle, it’s worth sparing a thought for the top federal prosecutor in the nation’s capital, whose record keeps getting worse.
Collapse of Jerome Powell case adds to Jeanine Pirro’s embarrassing losing streak - MS NOW apple.news/AsVHiszTcQZ-...
— (@oc88.bsky.social) 2026-04-27T17:09:52.397Z
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/collapse-of-jerome-powell-case-adds-to-jeanine-pirros-embarrassing-losing-streak
To be sure, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., didn’t want to drop the case. Two weeks ago, two prosecutors from Pirro’s office showed up without invitation or advance notice at Federal Reserve headquarters seeking a tour of the construction site. A week later, the former Fox News host said she would forge ahead with a case against Powell.
Pirro was, however, quickly overwhelmed by reality. The politically motivated investigation obviously had no merit; a federal judge had already quashed the Justice Department’s subpoenas, emphasizing the inconvenient fact that prosecutors “produced essentially zero evidence”; and the longer the baseless case continued, the more it threatened to delay confirmation of Trump’s new Fed chair nominee.
Short on options, Pirro threw in the towel on Friday, and Kevin Warsh’s odds of confirmation approached 100% soon after. The Fed’s inspector general’s office will scrutinize the process surrounding construction of the institution’s new building, but the criminal probe has run its course (at least for the foreseeable future)......
Pirro’s failed effort against Powell was humiliating, but it coincided with a similarly humiliating effort to indict Democratic veterans in Congress who advised service members to follow the law, which coincided with a separate failed criminal investigation into Joe Biden.
In fact, Pirro’s office has lost so many closely watched cases, with such regularity, that it’s been challenging to keep up.
After the president fired Pam Bondi earlier this month, it sparked speculation as to whom Trump might choose as the next attorney general, and there was a round of chatter about whether Pirro would be among the top contenders.
The odd thing is, it’s far from clear whether her repeated failures make her any less appealing to the White House — or more. On one hand, Trump rejects those seen as “losers”; on the other, the hapless U.S. attorney keeps going after his perceived foes, indifferent to merit or propriety, which is exactly the kind of quality the president seems to be looking for at Main Justice.
Pirro was, however, quickly overwhelmed by reality. The politically motivated investigation obviously had no merit; a federal judge had already quashed the Justice Department’s subpoenas, emphasizing the inconvenient fact that prosecutors “produced essentially zero evidence”; and the longer the baseless case continued, the more it threatened to delay confirmation of Trump’s new Fed chair nominee.
Short on options, Pirro threw in the towel on Friday, and Kevin Warsh’s odds of confirmation approached 100% soon after. The Fed’s inspector general’s office will scrutinize the process surrounding construction of the institution’s new building, but the criminal probe has run its course (at least for the foreseeable future)......
Pirro’s failed effort against Powell was humiliating, but it coincided with a similarly humiliating effort to indict Democratic veterans in Congress who advised service members to follow the law, which coincided with a separate failed criminal investigation into Joe Biden.
In fact, Pirro’s office has lost so many closely watched cases, with such regularity, that it’s been challenging to keep up.
After the president fired Pam Bondi earlier this month, it sparked speculation as to whom Trump might choose as the next attorney general, and there was a round of chatter about whether Pirro would be among the top contenders.
The odd thing is, it’s far from clear whether her repeated failures make her any less appealing to the White House — or more. On one hand, Trump rejects those seen as “losers”; on the other, the hapless U.S. attorney keeps going after his perceived foes, indifferent to merit or propriety, which is exactly the kind of quality the president seems to be looking for at Main Justice.