With Attorney General Ashley Moody headed to the U.S. Senate to replace Marco Rubio, who will be Secretary of State in the Donald Trump administration, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that his Chief of Staff will become the state’s new top cop.

She will take over the seat vacated by Marco Rubio, Trump’s pick for Secretary of State.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will replace Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, in the Senate. "Today I am proud to announce that I am selecting our attorney general,

Ashley Moody, a Republican, would take the seat of Senator Marco Rubio once he is confirmed as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s secretary of state.

“Henry C. Whitaker withdraws as counsel for the State of Florida because he is departing the Office of the Attorney General on January 17, 2025, to pursue another opportunity,” said in a brief filing submitted to the state’s high court Friday.

The attorney general of Florida is supposed to represent the people of the state, not serve as counsel for the governor. Ashley Moody never understood that, but it’s worked out nicely for

Republicans on social media roasted Attorney General Merrick Garland after a video of him doing a victory lap while leaving the Department of Justice became viral. In the video, which was posted on Friday via X,

Those close to Garland say that despite immense political pressures, he stood firm in his commitment to independence and impartiality.

As Islamic terror incidents and national security threats increased under the Biden administration, major arrests, indictments and guilty pleas were recently announced in Virginia, North Carolina

Ashley Moody is moving to the U.S. Senate, but writes that it has been honor to serve as Florida’s attorney general.