“I’m 5-foot-6 you think I’m gonna punch somebody?
This whole thing is so ludicrous,” he denied the story toThe New York Post.
Pirro, whether he threw a punch or not, almost certainly could have.

His father used to be a boxer before he started driving trucks.
“It was total panic and fear.
It was like that all the time,” he recalled.

But there’s other reasons that Trump might have pardoned the New York lawyer.
For one, Pirro, perBloomberg,helped Trump with his real estate endeavors.
When Trump took office in 2017,Politiconoted that Pirro suddenly racked in federal lobbying deals.
The pardon might be no surprise.
Al wanted her on television.
By 2008, Al Pirro got his way.
Jeanine was the star of her own reality, Judge Jeanine Pirro(viaIMBD).
In 1986, Jeanine wanted to be lieutenant governor of New York, perNew York Magazine.
She withdrew her candidacy because Al didn’t want to disclose his clients.
Did he have mob ties?
Al, later, got thrown in prison for tax fraud.
Even amid media scrutiny, Al remained unrepentant.
He toldNew York Magazine: “Do I think that I would like to have more attention at home?