President Donald Trump tapped Janine Pirro to be his next interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. Here's what to know.

Trump conceded to reporters that his previous nomination for the post, Ed Martin, "wasn’t getting the support from people that I thought.”

US President Donald Trump has appointed Fox News host and former New York prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim US attorney for Washington DC. The announcement comes after Trump withdrew his first pick for the job after he lost key Republican support in the Senate, which votes on such positions.