Jeanine Pirro, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia and former Fox News host, is reportedly facing heightened scrutiny from Donald Trump after prosecutors in her office sought to drop vandalism charges linked to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The Daily Mail says Trump publicly criticised Pirro and was angered that he had not been told beforehand, although sources said their subsequent White House meeting eased tensions and that she is not currently at immediate risk of dismissal.

Pirro’s office is also said to be struggling in Washington’s sceptical legal environment, where two recent trials of alleged MS-13 leaders ended in hung juries. Sources cited by the article attribute this partly to distrust of the Trump administration among local jurors and to internal resistance from career prosecutors, while Pirro remains determined to pursue law-and-order cases despite the difficult prospects.