Pam Bondi’s Chief of Staff Leaves DOJ

“[Mizelle] served this Department with professionalism, sound judgment, and dedication,” Bondi told Axios in a statement. “As Chief of Staff, Chad played a central role in coordinating the Department’s operations, ensuring its resources were aligned and our efforts were carried out with integrity and efficiency. His counsel strengthened our work to advance justice and protect the American people. I am grateful for his service and friendship.”

“Chad’s tenure at the Department has been marked by exceptional leadership and dedication to the Department,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told the outlet.

“He provided Attorney General Bondi and all of us with outstanding counsel, and his steady hand helped guide our work. Chad played a key role in advancing the President’s America First agenda here at the Department, and his efforts strengthened our mission to protect the American people,” he continued.

“There’s free speech and then there’s hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society … We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech,” Bondi said on the Katie Miller podcast.

The attorney general later tried to clarify her remarks, saying the DOJ would instead prosecute speech “that crosses the line into threats of violence.”