In Reply to: Jon Stewart nails John Fetterman posted by mh on August 05, 2026 at 09:41:35
Pirro last month offered the retention bonuses to prosecutors willing to commit to two more years, the Wall Street Journal reported this week.
"With a weighty portfolio of cases, Pirro has been working to stabilize her Washington office, which has been depleted by resignations and dismissals since Trump returned to the White House," the Journal reported. "Last month, Pirro offered prosecutors in her office a $25,000 retention bonus to stay for the next two years, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Federal prosecutors in Chicago face the threat of criminal contempt charges in a case stemming from President Donald Trump's Chicago immigration crackdown, and the Justice Department is begging the judge to back off, according to court records and reports.
U.S. District Judge April Perry, in Chicago, found in May that prosecutors vouched for the charges, dismissed skeptical grand jurors, and held private conversations with panel members outside the jury room, court records show.
They had also redacted more than 80 pages of those proceedings from what she received, according to court records.
Defense attorneys have since asked Perry to appoint an independent outside counsel — one who would not report to the attorney general — with authority to bring criminal contempt charges against the prosecutors involved, according to WTTW.