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Jeanine Pirro: “We've got to lower the age of accountability. Who can do…”

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

Judge Jeanine Pirro responds to violent teen takeover in D.C.

Published April 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:30

There was one case before you got here where I think it's five girls and the oldest one is 15. Kicked some poor guy to death. Yeah, exactly. And that's why I said We've got to lower the age of accountability. Who can do that? The D.C. council. They don't want to do it. These BOZOS on the D.C. council, most of them, they don't even want to allow for a discretionary curfew during the week. The kids are on vacation. What's with that? (02:30–02:37)

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Asserts that the D.C. council is responsible for lowering the age of accountability but is unwilling to do so.

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