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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Margaret Sullivan

Trump’s latest Fox News hire looks even worse than Pete Hegseth

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‘She has gone well beyond loyalty into straight-up sycophancy. On this score, Pirro has what it takes.’ Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The revolving door between the Trump administration and rightwing Fox News took another wild spin this week, as the US’s TV-obsessed president tapped Jeanine Pirro for a prominent legal post: top federal prosecutor for Washington DC.

Pirro is unqualified, perhaps even more so than was her former Fox colleague Pete Hegseth when he was named Trump’s defense secretary a few months ago. In that crucial position, Hegseth has been a dangerous embarrassment, as his shockingly inappropriate communications have exposed national security secrets to the world.

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