'I'll Say It Publicly': Jeanine Pirro Says DC Attorney's Office Was 'Neglected' Before She Joined

During a press briefing on Tuesday, DC Attorney Jeanine Pirro was asked about staffing levels at the DC Attorney's Office.

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00:00I don't have any special powers. I wish I did.

00:10Can you talk about where you stand on hiring prosecutors and judges?

00:15I am, I am, you know, I'm not going to bore you with the facts.

00:23That's, don't quote me on that. That was off the record.

00:26I can only hire during certain periods once there's been an ad or some kind of posting, and then I can hire.

00:35Okay, I'm doing it. I'm doing the best I can. The president has given me the permission to hire.

00:41This is an office that has been neglected, and I'll say it publicly. It's been neglected.

00:47With people signing contracts, they didn't know what they were signing.

00:50All right, it just kind of ran on its own. Not anymore.

00:53This is an office where nobody seemed to care that we were down 90 lawyers, 60 investigators, and paralegals.

01:01I do.

01:02And so my effort is to get people who want to work in the nation's capital,

01:06who want to work in the largest United States attorney's office in the country, and the best office.

01:11Because we're not just federal prosecutors, we're local prosecutors.

01:16We get down and dirty in street crime.

01:18And that is what really motivates a lot of my prosecutors.

01:22You just walk.

01:23You just walk.