Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., is embroiled in an ongoing war of words with a magistrate judge who has recently leveled biting criticism against prosecutors for bringing cases he says lack evidence in their attempt to support President Donald Trump's aggressive crime crackdown in the district. Pirro took aim during a Friday news conference at Judge Zia Faruqui for comments Faruqui made during a Thursday hearing lambasting prosecutors for a recent spate of cases the U.S. attorney's office has been forced to drop due to grand juries refusing to indict defendants charged with offenses ranging from weapons possession to purported threats against President Trump. "Judge Faruqui has never really met someone with an illegal gun that he hasn't found some compassion
Pirro in war of words with judge over DC crackdown

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