REPORT: State TV Host Jeanine Pirro Has “Repeatedly” Pressured Trump Team To Appoint Her Attorney General

Politico reports:

Jeanine Pirro has a top-rated Fox News show and a forthcoming book — “Lies, Leakers, and Liberals” — but she still wants to be President Donald Trump’s attorney general. A former prosecutor and judge, Pirro has repeatedly told Trump’s aides and advisers over the past 18 months that she’s interested in taking over as the nation’s top law enforcement official, according to four people familiar with the conversations.

Trump has dangled the possibility of giving her a top appointment. During a November meeting in the Oval Office, the president raised the possibility of nominating Pirro to a federal judgeship, according to a former administration official, though this person added that Trump was more likely engaging in flattery than seriously considering putting Pirro on the bench.

Pirro, you may recall, launched a brief Senate bid against Hillary Clinton in 2006, dropping out after internal GOP polls showed her losing by a massive margin. She then ran against now-Gov. Andrew Cuomo for state attorney general, losing by 20 points.