The Saturday Night team took aim at Trump's nomination for D.C. U.S. attorney and the defense secretary in the latest episode.

In 2006, then–New York attorney general candidate Jeanine Pirro came under scrutiny for allegedly discussing plans to spy on her husband, who was reportedly having an affair. WNBC's Jonathan Dienst reports.

Live" alum Cecily Strong returned to the show to play Jeanine Pirro, Trump's pick as interim top prosecutor in DC.

Johnson’s Trump called “Pirro” a “great legal mind,” adding that she had the “most important quality I look for in a lawyer — she’s on TV.”

President Donald Trump says he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job.

No other U.S. attorney nominee is known to have come under a federal probe after being caught on tape scheming to catch a cheating spouse in the act.

Saturday Night Live opened by skewering Donald Trump ‘s latest choice of a Fox News personality for a top administration position. This time, it was Jeanine Pirro, the co-host of The Five, who this week was named interim U.S. attorney. Returning to play a Merlot-loving Judge Jeanine was Cecily Strong.