President Donald Trump’s appointment of Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia is being questioned by The Washington Post’s editorial board.
The editorial Wednesday cast doubts about the legality of appointing successive U.S. attorneys to the same position following the decision to pull Ed Martin Jr.’s nomination because opposition by enough Republicans put his Senate confirmation in doubt. Martin was reassigned to roles in the Department of Justice that do not require Senate confirmation.
The Post said Pirro — a former prosecutor and judge in Westchester County in New York — is qualified for the job. But it cited the appointment might violate the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, which addresses interim appointments in the executive branch that require Senate confirmation.
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