Jeanine Pirro Comments On Recent Incident In DC
Whew. This one’s got everything — a brutal beating in the heart of D.C., a president threatening to federalize an American city, and Judge Jeanine Pirro basically lighting the nation’s capital on fire with a Fox News flamethrower. Let’s dig in, because if you thought crime in D.C. was already spiraling, this might be the turning point where it either snaps back to sanity… or flies straight off the rails.
So, here’s how it all started: A Department of Government Efficiency staffer — someone who literally works on making the government run better — was beaten within an inch of his life after trying to break up what was reportedly a mob of teenage boys attacking a woman. It’s the kind of story that makes headlines for one reason: It’s everybody’s worst nightmare. You try to help, and the system leaves you for dead — literally and politically.
US Attorney in DC Jeanine Pirro slams crime in the nation’s capital on @IngrahamAngle after the attack against a former DOGE employee. pic.twitter.com/HWp5EQwQ8z
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 6, 2025
Enter Donald Trump. The president didn’t mince words. He called out the leadership of D.C. and flat-out said, if they don’t start cracking down on this youth crime wave, he’ll federalize the city. That’s not hyperbole. That’s a commander-in-chief saying, “You had your chance, now move aside.”
And if Trump was the hammer, Jeanine Pirro was the thunderclap. Newly confirmed as D.C.’s attorney, she hit the national airwaves with receipts, fire, and that trademark Pirro intensity. She named the policies fueling this chaos: the “Second Chance Act” and the “Incarceration Reduction Amendment,” both of which — let’s be honest here — sound nice until you realize they’re giving violent teens a free pass back into the communities they just terrorized.
Let’s talk numbers: Carjackings in D.C.? Up 111%. That’s not a blip. That’s a siren.
And the worst part? According to Pirro, even when these kids are caught — we’re talking violent 15-year-olds who beat a man unconscious — they don’t even land in her office. They’re shuffled off to family court where the mission is “rehabilitation.” Great in theory. But as she said bluntly: “I can’t charge these people.” Because the system won’t let her.
SCOOP: U.S. Atty for D.C. Jeanine Pirro sent a letter to the D.C. Council asking for “reconsider[ation] of the Second
Chance Amendment Act, the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act, and the Youth Rehabilitation Act.”Some concern, I’m told, that @CMBrookePinto will act on this. pic.twitter.com/5uqFy5YDfb
— Sam P.K. Collins (@SamPKCollins) August 6, 2025
And that’s the core of the storm here. You’ve got a city where, for years, cops have given up making arrests because they know charges won’t stick. You’ve got judges giving probation to kids who shoot people on buses. And every step of the way, the elected officials in charge have stuck their fingers in their ears and hummed the “social justice” anthem louder.
But something shifted this week. With that beating, with Pirro’s letter to the D.C. Council, with Trump saying, “That’s enough” — the dynamic just changed.
Pirro’s letter to the Council demanding the repeal of the youth offender policies? That’s the warning shot. It’s the “here’s your chance to get on board before this gets bigger” message. And if the Council shrugs it off? Buckle up. Because Pirro and Trump are making it crystal clear: The federal government is ready to step in and take the wheel.