Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi’s Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle is departing the administration to spend more time with his family in Florida, an official confirmed to the Daily Caller.

Mizelle told Axios that he will be “exposing the left-wing groups responsible for violence across America” to help build on the Trump administration’s mission. The chief of staff was a “key ally” of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Axios reported.

“[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.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi bows her head in prayer with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Museum of the Bible September 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

While serving as Bondi’s chief of staff, he oversaw the Civil Division and Civil Rights Division, Axios reported.

“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.

Bondi has come under fire from the president’s base in recent months. The attorney general first faced criticism after the Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly released a memo indicating that after months of investigation, there was no Epstein client list and the investigation was over.

Most recently, Trump wrote a Truth Social post expressing his frustration with his attorney general and the rate of her prosecutions. Days before, Bondi had responded to the assassination of Charlie Kirk by saying the DOJ would be cracking down on “hate speech.”

“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. (RELATED: Reporter Presses Trump About Bondi Saying She Will Pursue Americans For Hate Speech)

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