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Trump dangled administration job to Judge Jeanine

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/07/jeanine-pirro-trump-white-house-630378

The president has discussed top jobs in front of the Fox News host, a longtime New York pal, who has expressed interest in leaving her cable-news perch for government.

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.
 
I figure after the Korean summit we will have Dennis Rodman in a position and possibly Kim Kardashian. Only the best people....
 
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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/07/jeanine-pirro-trump-white-house-630378

The president has discussed top jobs in front of the Fox News host, a longtime New York pal, who has expressed interest in leaving her cable-news perch for government.

Only the best...

By the late 1990s, Albert Pirro had become a powerful lobbyist, Republican donor, and associate of Donald Trump, who described him as "incredibly intelligent and effective" and said that "there's no one like him" in Westchester. Albert Pirro's specialty was dealing with local boards and permits in Westchester, and he had made millions working for clients that included Trump, Viacom, and ITT Inc. This allowed the couple, who had become close friends of George and Libby Pataki, to live a life of luxury in a $1.7 million Harrison house, with a vacation property in West Palm Beach, a Ferrari, and two Mercedes-Benz vehicles.[27][28]

Federal indictment, trial, and imprisonment of husband[edit]
On February 23, 1999, Albert Pirro was indicted by the office of United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Mary Jo White on one count of conspiracy, four counts of tax evasion, and 28 counts of filing a false tax return for hiding over $1 million in personal income as business expenses between 1988 and 1997, including the $123,000 cost of his Ferrari, two Mercedes for Jeanine and her mother, $40,000 on electronic gates at their home, $10,000 on furnishings at their vacation house, $3,700 on the back-yard of their home, cruise tickets, fine wine, and the salaries of domestic help. The investigation was instigated by the arrest for embezzlement of a minor Yonkers municipal bureaucrat, who in turn accused Pirro of giving him a $5,000 bribe to ease permitting for a movie theater development.[29] During the 9-year period when this fraud took place, Jeanine and Albert Pirro filed joint returns for the three years from 1993 to 1995.[28][30]

Later on February 23, Jeanine appeared at a joint press conference with Albert in response to the charges. She criticized the investigation of her husband as having been "invasive and hostile". Governor Pataki released a statement saying that the Pirros had been friends of himself and Libby for "a long time" and they "wished them well".[27][31]


Albert Pirro was arraigned in White Plains on March 3, 1999, before Southern District Court Judge Barrington Parker, alongside his younger brother Anthony, an accountant who was facing 38 charges for filing Albert's returns. Albert and Anthony Pirro both entered pleas of not guilty and were released on their own recognizance. Albert later emerged from the White Plains federal courthouse holding polygraph results that he claimed would prove his innocence.[32]

Albert Pirro's trial began on May 15, 2000, also presided by Parker. Jeanine showed up in the first row on most days, telling reporters she was there "as a wife and mother". Throughout the trial, much of the evidence against Albert painted Jeanine in a highly negative light. Among the evidence it was shown that Jeanine had used Albert's corporate credit card to spend $4,450 on an oil portrait of their two children, and that she had used her official district attorney's letterhead to negotiate the purchase over fax from a California artist. Likewise, the set for Jeanine's former local cable show Judge Pirro Reports was bought by one of Albert's companies and deducted as a business expense, as was the salary of a political consultant when Jeanine first contemplated running for district attorney.[33] Jeanine attacked the prosecution bringing up matters which involved her, calling it a "desperate attempt by them to bring me into this wherever they can".[34]

On June 23, 2000, after 4 days of deliberations, the jury convicted Albert Pirro of all 34 charges against him. Anthony Pirro was found guilty of 23 charges and not guilty of 10.[35] The conviction of her husband was so damaging to Jeanine Pirro's political career that she seriously considered resigning from her position as Westchester District Attorney and moving to a more lucrative position in the private sector.[36] On November 2, 2000, Albert Pirro was sentenced to 29 months in a minimum security federal prison; he received some leniency in exchange for waiving his right to appeal.[37]

She's not bitter...
 
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