Fox News Host Pirro’s Ex-Husband Gets a Last-Minute Pardon (1)

Albert J. Pirro Jr., a former business partner of Donald Trump and the ex-husband of Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, was pardoned by the departing president on his last day in office at the end of a flurry of clemency.

Pirro, 73, who has worked with Trump on real estate deals, was convicted of tax fraud.

Albert and Jeanine Pirro in 2000.

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The lobbyist and real estate developer and his brother, Anthony, were found guilty of federal tax evasion in June 2000. They were accused of deducting more than $1 million of Albert Pirro’s personal expenses as business write-offs, allowing him to reduce ...