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deminks

(11,521 posts)
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 03:54 PM Yesterday

Pirro meltdown performance art. Tillis is gonna block Trump's nominee forever.

Last edited Fri Mar 13, 2026, 04:27 PM - Edit history (1)

leaked SNL cold open or real footage of Judge Box o' Wine having a performative meltdown during a news conference? Hard to tell!

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-13T19:42:36.941Z


leaked SNL cold open or real footage of Judge Box o' Wine having a performative meltdown during a news conference? Hard to tell!

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What she was known for on Fox. Performance art. Sen Tillis said he would continue to block the fed nominee if they appeal the judge throwing out her subpoena.

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Pirro meltdown performance art. Tillis is gonna block Trump's nominee forever. (Original Post) deminks Yesterday OP
Federal judge quashes Justice Department subpoenas of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, says probe was politically motivated LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #1
... progressoid Yesterday #2
Drunk tantrum. nt GenThePerservering Yesterday #3
'Cut it out!' Jeanine Pirro comes unglued over questions about low conviction rates LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #4
Doesn't Her Reply Come Off As... ProfessorGAC 23 hrs ago #5
Jeanine Pirro's 'extraordinary temper tantrum' floors CNN legal expert LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #6

LetMyPeopleVote

(178,878 posts)
1. Federal judge quashes Justice Department subpoenas of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, says probe was politically motivated
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 04:10 PM
Yesterday

Pirro is a hack. trump loses yet again

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/politics/fed-chair-jerome-powell-subpoena

A federal judge has quashed subpoenas the Justice Department had issued against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, according to court documents unsealed Friday.

The ruling is a major blow to President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized Powell for not lowering interest rates and urged the Justice Department to investigate the outgoing chair.

US District Judge James “Jeb” Boasberg wrote in the new opinion that a “mountain of evidence suggests that the Government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning.”

“On the other side of the scale, the Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime; indeed, its justifications are so thin and unsubstantiated that the Court can only conclude that they are pretextual,” Boasberg said.

LetMyPeopleVote

(178,878 posts)
4. 'Cut it out!' Jeanine Pirro comes unglued over questions about low conviction rates
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 07:41 PM
23 hrs ago

Pirro lost it during this press conference. I also believe that Piro may have been a little drunk

Jeanine Pirro, United States attorney for the District of Columbia, lost her temper after a reporter confronted her over her low conviction rate in the district.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-03-13T20:21:03.850Z

https://www.rawstory.com/jeanine-pirro-conviction-rate/

Jeanine Pirro, United States attorney for the District of Columbia, lost her temper after a reporter confronted her over her low conviction rate in the district.

At a press conference on Friday, Pirro unloaded angry remarks at U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg after he quashed two subpoenas because he said they were designed to force the Fed to cut interest rates, a public demand of President Donald Trump.

One reporter asked Pirro about her historically low conviction rate following her remarks.

"Oh, cut it out," the U.S. attorney snapped loudly. "Do you know how many convictions we've got? Cut it out? We have cleaned up this city."

"You're historic," the reporter noted....

"That's what's historic! I'm willing to take a not guilty. I'm willing to take a no true bill because I'll take all the crimes and put them in."

ProfessorGAC

(76,543 posts)
5. Doesn't Her Reply Come Off As...
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 07:46 PM
23 hrs ago

...an admission of incompetence?
She throws everything in there, then fails to secure indictments or convictions?
It's like she has no idea how any of this stuff works.

LetMyPeopleVote

(178,878 posts)
6. Jeanine Pirro's 'extraordinary temper tantrum' floors CNN legal expert
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:46 PM
6 hrs ago

Piro may be auditioning to replace Bondi

Jeanine Pirro's 'extraordinary temper tantrum' floors CNN legal expert

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-03-14T00:30:14.661Z

https://www.rawstory.com/jeanine-pirro-public-temper-tantrum/

Former federal prosecutor and CNN legal expert Elie Honig reacted Friday to comments from Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, who was furious during an impromptu press conference following a major legal blow to the Trump administration.

Honig described the legal impact after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg granted the order, agreeing with the Fed that Trump's repeated attacks on Fed chair Jerome Powell indicate the investigation into the Federal Reserve's building renovation was pretextual and politically motivated.

"So first of all, that press conference in itself was extraordinary," Honig said. "Ordinarily, whenever you see a U.S. Attorney call a press conference and address the cameras, it's because there's been an indictment or a conviction or a sentence. I don't think I've ever seen a U.S. attorney or an attorney general call a press conference to complain about a ruling that he or she did not like. That was essentially a public temper tantrum."

Honig also fact-checked some of what Pirro said during the unusual press conference.

"You heard Jeanine Pirro say that this judge, Judge Boasberg, is a quote 'activist judge,''" Honig said. "This judge was elevated to the district court by Barack Obama. But before that, he was put on the local D.C. Superior Court by George W. Bush. And in this judge's past, he has actually denied a motion years ago to try to get Donald Trump's tax returns. He ruled in favor of Donald Trump on those tax returns. And then finally, most fundamentally, we just heard Jeanine Pirro complain that the grand jury subpoena is an important tool of prosecutors, which it is. You heard Jeanine Pirro say that the judge 'has taken that tool away from us.' That's not quite right."


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