Fox News' Jeanine Pirro pleads guilty to 95 mph speeding ticket, down from 119 mph

Fox News personality and former Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro has paid $393 and must take a defensive driving course after pleading guilty to a speeding ticket she got in New York’s Southern Tier.

A state trooper clocked Pirro’s 2017 Cadillac going 119 miles per hour on Route 17 in Nichols on November 19.

Pirro pleaded guilty to driving 95 mph in a 65 mph zone and was fined $300. She paid the fine and a $93 state surcharge by mail on Feb. 5, according to the court clerk in Nichols.

TICKET: Pirro clocked at 119-mph in 65-mph zone

NEGOTIATION: Pirro in plea talks with DA over speeding ticket

Pirro, 66, of Harrison, had been heading to visit her ailing mother in Elmira, where she grew up.

In a statement issued the day after she got the ticket, Pirro said that she had been driving for several hours and did not realize how fast she was going.

But she did know she was over the limit, telling the trooper “I was speeding that’s why I pulled right over,” according to his supporting deposition.

Pirro, who was a Westchester County judge before serving as District Attorney from 1994 to 2005, hosts the Fox program “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on Saturday nights. An outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump and longtime critic of Hillary Clinton, she has blasted the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller in recent shows and visited Chappaqua in a mock “search” for Clinton last month.

Pirro negotiated the plea deal with the Tioga County District Attorney’s Office. 

Going 30 miles per hour over the speed limit results in six points on a New York driver’s record. And 40 miles per hour over the limit  or more - as Pirro was ticketed - draws 11 points.

Drivers have their licenses suspended if they accrue 11 points during an 18-month period. Four points can be removed from the suspension calculation once a defensive driving course is completed.

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