Trump says Jeanine Pirro 'choked' on the Reflecting Pool case. Will she leave her post as U.S. attorney before Aug 10?
90% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 31 predictions cast.
President Donald Trump publicly criticized U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on August 3, 2026, saying she had "choked" and "folded like a cheap umbrella" after her office moved to drop vandalism charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Pirro's office had attributed the damage to shoddy contractor work rather than deliberate vandalism. Trump summoned Pirro to the White House that afternoon for a tense Oval Office meeting, and reporting described her job status as uncertain in the following days, with Trump declining to directly say whether her position was safe. Despite the public rebuke, Trump did not fire Pirro during or after the meeting, and she did not offer her resignation. No formal removal process was initiated, and Pirro continued serving as U.S. Attorney through August 10, 2026. Separately, reporting noted Pirro had offered retention bonuses to prosecutors in her office amid turnover concerns. The Predict Six community strongly and correctly anticipated this outcome, with only 10% of 31 votes predicting she would leave her post before August 10.