Will Trump name a new U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., before Aug 21?
100% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 2 predictions cast.
President Donald Trump did not name a new U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia before Aug. 21, 2026, leaving Jeanine Pirro in the post despite weeks of public criticism from the president. The dispute began after Pirro's office dropped vandalism charges tied to damage at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which Trump said showed she had folded like an umbrella, according to Forbes. Trump told reporters in early August he had not made a determination on whether to remove her, and her status remained openly uncertain following a tense Oval Office meeting, according to NBC News. No successor was announced in the weeks that followed; Pirro instead worked to shore up her standing with the president, including public comments praising his federal law-enforcement push in Washington. The episode reflected broader friction between Trump and Justice Department appointees over the handling of politically sensitive prosecutions in the capital. Both community forecasters correctly predicted that no new appointment would be made before the deadline, matching the actual outcome.