A GOP Member Now Makes Unexpected Announcement to Leave Administration • Franknez.com

In a quiet but telling shake-up at the highest levels of federal law enforcement, Chad Mizelle, the chief of staff at the Department of Justice and a close ally of Stephen Miller, is set to depart his post within weeks after a whirlwind 10-month tenure.

The move comes as Attorney General Pam Bondi’s department grapples with accusations of politicization, including the firing of career officials tied to past investigations of President Donald Trump.

Mizelle, a 2013 Cornell Law graduate and former acting general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security during Trump’s first term, stepped into his DOJ role last December as part of the incoming administration.

Before returning to government, he served as chief legal officer at Jared Kushner’s private-equity firm, Affinity Partners.

A convert to Catholicism in 2012, Mizelle is married to federal judge Kathryn Mizelle in Tampa, Florida, where he’ll head next after his exit.

Background and Career Details

Chad Mizelle leaves the Trump Administration's DOJ

During his short stint, Mizelle helped steer the DOJ’s Civil and Civil Rights Divisions toward advancing Trump’s agenda, including rolling back Biden-era directives and removing officials accused of politicizing the department.

The DOJ touts 21 Supreme Court wins over the past eight months under Bondi’s watch, many reversing district court rulings that clashed with administration priorities.

Mizelle’s work focused on those fronts, positioning him as a behind-the-scenes enforcer in a department that’s become a battleground for Trump’s “America First” vision.

The timing of his departure raises eyebrows. It lands amid intensifying scrutiny over Bondi’s aggressive purges, including the July firings of career staffers who had worked on Trump-related cases.

Lawmakers from both parties have criticized the moves as retaliation, with Democrats labeling them a “deep state” witch hunt and some Republicans quietly fretting over the optics.

Neither Mizelle nor the DOJ has spelled out the exact reasons for his exit, but sources suggest it’s a planned return to private life in Florida.

Statements on Mizelle’s Departure

In a statement, Mizelle pledged to keep up the fight, vowing to continue “exposing the left-wing groups responsible for violence across America” while backing Trump’s agenda from the outside.

Bondi heaped praise on her soon-to-be-former aide, calling out his “professionalism” and “sound judgment” in a DOJ release.

“I will miss him,” she added simply.

Todd Blanche, Bondi’s deputy, echoed that sentiment, saying Mizelle had “strengthened our work to advance justice and protect the American people.”

Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff and Mizelle’s longtime confidant, went further in comments to Axios: “Chad Mizelle has been instrumental in delivering on President Trump’s historic America First Agenda and producing momentous legal victories over and over again.”

For a guy who jumped back into the fray with Trump’s second term, Mizelle’s quick out feels like a chapter closing early.

But in a DOJ that’s already shed layers of holdovers and realigned under Bondi, his departure underscores the high-wire act of loyalty in Trump’s Washington—where wins pile up fast, but so does the burnout.

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