Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was reportedly demoted to The Five after she promoted false claims about the 2020 election.
According to former CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter’s new book, Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy, Pirro was one of the people who heavily promoted that the election was rigged due to Dominion Voting Systems. (Fox later settled with Dominion for $787.5 million.)
According to two sources who spoke with Stelter, they said “Pirro was a problem” due to her “stubborn, slavish Trumpiness,” and she “clashed with Fox execs who’s grown tired of her histrionic shenanigans.”
When management asked Pirro to change her opening monologues on her show Justice with Judge Jeanine, which aired on the weekends, she accused them of “censorship,” the sources divulged.
The TV star, 72, was out of control that even her own executive producer called her a “reckless maniac,” according to the Dominion lawsuit.
As a result, her show got canceled as “nobody wanted to deal with her,” one of the sources noted, adding that she was moved to The Five so she couldn’t write her own monologues or choose her guests.
“It was pointed out to me that The Five is not the cushiest job for a seventy-something former prosecutor to hold,” Stelter said.
Pirro has said interesting things over the years — in September, Pirro raised eyebrows when she spoke about how the impeachment inquiry hearings didn’t help out Republicans.
“You know what’s amazing about this? Look, this is an impeachment inquiry, alright?” she said on The Five at the time. “You don’t blow the wad or the witness at the inquiry, OK?”
“What you do is you wait ’til the trial,” she said. “You don’t allow anybody to be impeached or cross examined. You just present the minimal amount of evidence you need to.”
As a result, Pirro got called out for her bizarre comments.
One person wrote, “Solid legal advice to all: @JudgeJeanine ‘Never Blow the witness at an inquiry. You do it at the trial,'” while another said, “Giving away the game.”
A third person simply said, “Stay classy, Fox.”
I like Judge Jeanine Pirro’s monologues and She is very patriotic in her analysis. ‘De gustibus non disputandum est’!
David.
Everyone KNOWs that she is correct.
Spot on
FOX continues to show the country how far left they are turning, they’ll soon be another CNN.
And Idiots still think that Stelter ever speaks the TRUTH on any subject ??? Or that Madcow on BS NBC knows anything close to the truth ??? …. Those crerins are not Journalists folks just propaganda by the Progressive MORONS
The Judge was fantastic..that weekend/Sat slot has never been the same. She’s sharp, and tells it like it is..she does not pander to ANYONE.. Stay strong Jeanine!!
Amen
Some people lie about the election, trump LOST the election by millions of votes.
Judge Jenine Piro is as authentic as the best people I know. Minor errors, if made unintentionally (not uncommon for most people), can be addressed amicably without demoting them. I trust the judge implicitly.
Fox News is becoming too far left! First Tucker Carlson, now Judge Jeanine Pirro. She tells it like it is, no holds barred. Trump didn’t lose the election and informed people know this. The more Fox tries to control the free speech of its hosts, the more left it gets. The more left it gets, the lower viewership. I love Judge Pirro. I loved Tucker Carlson. I’m tired of Fox removing good hosts.
Other that the FIVE with Judge Pirro I am done with FOUX NEWS FOX
“Da-Judge” Jeannie……still gets all the attention and more comments than any other story. Reason: She tells the truth, and when in ear-shot of a liberal, especially the Fox bosses, its anyone’s guess if she will still be around tomorrow. She is good. She is right. She is tough, and that is what sends men into a “flat-spin” (aviation term used to describe a plane that cannot be recovered from crashing and burning). Judge Jeannie really should be appointed as VP on the Trump 2024 ticket. She surely could keep the fires burning under…. “the-Don” and the whole nation. She will insure it’s done right….! Heck….she always errors on the side of right…!!!