Bondi quietly installs ex-White House legal aide Stuart McCommas as DOJ chief of staff
What's the administration thinking here?
EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration has selected former White House legal aide Stuart McCommas to work as Attorney General Pam Bondi’s chief of staff, filling a powerful role that had gone publicly unaddressed for months following the departure of her previous top aide.
McCommas was tapped for the Justice Department job in January, sources told the Washington Examiner, though the department did not specify when he began working in the role. The transition was not announced at the time and followed months of uncertainty after Bondi’s last chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, exited the department.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, listens while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Bondi praised McCommas’s elevation in a statement emphasizing that his legal experience makes him an “invaluable resource” for the job.
“I am thrilled to have Stuart McCommas’s legal expertise and strong leadership in the Chief of Staff role,” Bondi said. “Stuart has been and will continue to be an invaluable resource as this Department continues our historic work to execute President Trump’s agenda and Make America Safe Again.”
The appointment follows the departure of Mizelle, who announced his exit on Sept. 23, 2025, after working less than a year in the role. Mizelle, who also worked as acting associate attorney general at the same time, was one of the DOJ’s most visible senior officials, frequently signing major court filings and publicly defending the administration’s legal positions.
Unlike his predecessor, McCommas keeps a much lower profile, with no public social media accounts and no time spent on TV airwaves.
Mizelle still speaks with news pundits and often takes to X to defend the department’s work, criticize district judges when he believes they overstep their authorities, and, more recently, has used his personal account to call for a broader push to hire additional assistant U.S. attorneys amid recent personnel departures in local U.S. attorney offices.
His government X account was archived on Oct. 23, 2025, one month after his departure was announced. Bondi had gone without a chief of staff for more than three months.
At the time of Mizelle’s exit, CNN reported that some White House staffers had privately expressed frustration with his handling of the political fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files controversy. Those concerns, according to sources …
What's the administration thinking here?
EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration has selected former White House legal aide Stuart McCommas to work as Attorney General Pam Bondi’s chief of staff, filling a powerful role that had gone publicly unaddressed for months following the departure of her previous top aide.
McCommas was tapped for the Justice Department job in January, sources told the Washington Examiner, though the department did not specify when he began working in the role. The transition was not announced at the time and followed months of uncertainty after Bondi’s last chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, exited the department.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, listens while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Bondi praised McCommas’s elevation in a statement emphasizing that his legal experience makes him an “invaluable resource” for the job.
“I am thrilled to have Stuart McCommas’s legal expertise and strong leadership in the Chief of Staff role,” Bondi said. “Stuart has been and will continue to be an invaluable resource as this Department continues our historic work to execute President Trump’s agenda and Make America Safe Again.”
The appointment follows the departure of Mizelle, who announced his exit on Sept. 23, 2025, after working less than a year in the role. Mizelle, who also worked as acting associate attorney general at the same time, was one of the DOJ’s most visible senior officials, frequently signing major court filings and publicly defending the administration’s legal positions.
Unlike his predecessor, McCommas keeps a much lower profile, with no public social media accounts and no time spent on TV airwaves.
Mizelle still speaks with news pundits and often takes to X to defend the department’s work, criticize district judges when he believes they overstep their authorities, and, more recently, has used his personal account to call for a broader push to hire additional assistant U.S. attorneys amid recent personnel departures in local U.S. attorney offices.
His government X account was archived on Oct. 23, 2025, one month after his departure was announced. Bondi had gone without a chief of staff for more than three months.
At the time of Mizelle’s exit, CNN reported that some White House staffers had privately expressed frustration with his handling of the political fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files controversy. Those concerns, according to sources …
Bondi quietly installs ex-White House legal aide Stuart McCommas as DOJ chief of staff
What's the administration thinking here?
EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration has selected former White House legal aide Stuart McCommas to work as Attorney General Pam Bondi’s chief of staff, filling a powerful role that had gone publicly unaddressed for months following the departure of her previous top aide.
McCommas was tapped for the Justice Department job in January, sources told the Washington Examiner, though the department did not specify when he began working in the role. The transition was not announced at the time and followed months of uncertainty after Bondi’s last chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, exited the department.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, listens while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Bondi praised McCommas’s elevation in a statement emphasizing that his legal experience makes him an “invaluable resource” for the job.
“I am thrilled to have Stuart McCommas’s legal expertise and strong leadership in the Chief of Staff role,” Bondi said. “Stuart has been and will continue to be an invaluable resource as this Department continues our historic work to execute President Trump’s agenda and Make America Safe Again.”
The appointment follows the departure of Mizelle, who announced his exit on Sept. 23, 2025, after working less than a year in the role. Mizelle, who also worked as acting associate attorney general at the same time, was one of the DOJ’s most visible senior officials, frequently signing major court filings and publicly defending the administration’s legal positions.
Unlike his predecessor, McCommas keeps a much lower profile, with no public social media accounts and no time spent on TV airwaves.
Mizelle still speaks with news pundits and often takes to X to defend the department’s work, criticize district judges when he believes they overstep their authorities, and, more recently, has used his personal account to call for a broader push to hire additional assistant U.S. attorneys amid recent personnel departures in local U.S. attorney offices.
His government X account was archived on Oct. 23, 2025, one month after his departure was announced. Bondi had gone without a chief of staff for more than three months.
At the time of Mizelle’s exit, CNN reported that some White House staffers had privately expressed frustration with his handling of the political fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files controversy. Those concerns, according to sources …
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