Judge Jeanine Pirro isn’t as cool-headed as she wants you to believe. Footage leaked Friday of her screaming at a staffer during a taping of a Fox News show. The former district attorney was filling in for Sean Hannity.
“You know, you’re pissing me off,” she snarled, not realizing that the camera was rolling.
The host then launched easily into her next segment.
Pirro’s team flew into damage control almost immediately, pumping out rumors that she was just joking.
Everyone messes up. Judge Pirro’s flub was particularly noticeable because it came just days after she was caught flying around upstate New York at 119 mph. After she was ticketed, she released a statement praising law enforcement and accepting her punishment.
“I believe in the rule of law and I will pay the consequences,” Pirro said after the incident.
It’s been a rough week for the judge. Next year she’ll have to appear in court to defend herself from the speeding charge. The month began, however, on a stronger footing. Pirro met with President Trump at the White House Nov. 1.
“A source briefed on the meeting confirmed… that the two also talked about the president’s own Russia-related troubles and the related investigations, Clinton in general, President Barack Obama, former FBI Director James Comey, and alleged media bias against Trump and his team and supporters,” the Daily Beast writes.
Minor broadcasting flubs aside, Pirro is at the top of her career. Fox News has become the network that Americans trust to report real news.
(Source: Daily Beast, Daily Mail)