Fox News host Jeanine Pirro had been a longtime ally to President Trump before he tapped her Thursday to serve as interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. after pulling Ed Martin's nomination. Why it matters: Pirro joins at least a dozen current or former Fox News employees in the president's "central casting" Cabinet.

President Donald Trump officially withdrew the nomination of Ed Martin to be the next U.S. Attorney of Washington, D.C., conceding that the conservative activist and one-time counsel for January 6 rioters would be unable to survive Senate confirmation.