'They've lost the jury pool': Jeanine Pirro's office is struggling to win trials this year [View all]

Source: CNN

‘They’ve lost the jury pool’: Jeanine Pirro’s office is struggling to win trials this year

Updated Apr 6, 2026, 12:53 PM ET
PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
By Katelyn Polantz

The DC US attorney’s office under Jeanine Pirro has had an unusually low win rate in trials in Washington’s federal district court this year, at a moment when the White House has been clamoring for President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to deliver on prosecutions.

In its first eight criminal trials this year, the DC US attorney’s office has won only half of them — far below the national average.

The dicey record appears to stem from several issues in court, including a jury pool that has lost trust in the Trump administration, the FBI and the Justice Department, according to roughly a dozen people who have interacted with juries in the DC District Court in recent months.

Recent jury trial outcomes and grand jury failures in DC also highlight a persistent problem across the department, where any top prosecutor may have a difficult time in a courthouse because of the president’s public desire to pursue political vendettas.

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