President-elect Donald Trump is tapping a veteran of his prior administration, Chad Mizelle, as the Justice Department’s chief of staff and a senior aide for Texas Republicans to run DOJ’s Office of Legal Policy.
Mizelle, who was acting general counsel and chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, will be the principal staffer to Trump’s attorney general pick Pam Bondi, if she’s confirmed. Mizelle’s wife Kathryn is a US district court judge based in Bondi’s hometown of Tampa, Florida.
At the legal policy office, which is responsible for reviewing regulations and recommendations for judgeships, Trump said he’ll be ...
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