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Jeanine Pirro: “I'll tell you why the nation's capitol had so many murders…”

Featuring: Jeanine Pirro, Republican | United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | National

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Published | Video Starts at 06:48

I am an aggressive prosecutor as long as it took place in the jurisdiction. In my jurisdiction. Right. All right. So tell me why the nation's capital had so many murders. Why? I'll tell you why the nation's capitol had so many murders. Because there was not a focus on law and order. There was not. We have a D.C. council. The D.C. council has laws that cover the Superior Court. (06:48–06:55)

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Asserts that the high murder rate in the nation's capital was due to a lack of focus on law and order.

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