After serving as Gov. Ron DeSantis chief of staff, it was made official Monday during a ceremony at the Old Capitol.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday named his former chief of staff, James Uthmeier as Florida’s attorney general, handing the state’s top law enforcement role to a trusted aide who has helped orchestrate and defend some of his most divisive initiatives.

While DeSantis had said earlier he would appoint Uthmeier to succeed former Attorney General Ashley Moody, he made it official during a brief ceremony at the Old Capitol. DeSantis last month appointed Moody to the U.S. Senate, after Marco Rubio was picked by President Donald Trump to become U.S. secretary of state.

Justice Meredith Sasso swore in James Uthmeier as Attorney General in Tallahassee Monday. The state’s new “top cop” was sworn in on a Bible and offered onlookers at the Old Capitol Building in Tallahassee insight into how scripture informs his view of the law.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday officially named James Uthmeier, his former chief of staff, as the next Florida Attorney General.

Desantis appointed the previous Attorney General, Ashley Moody, to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate in January, which led him to choose his Chief of Staff, James Uthmeier, to take Moody’s place once she was sworn in on Capitol Hill.

Gov. Ron DeSantis thinks Joe Biden’s pardon of Anthony Fauci leaves an opening for his soon-to-be Attorney General James Uthmeier to prosecute the doctor for pandemic misdeeds.

James Uthmeier was sworn in as Florida's new attorney general, vowing an "America-first" legal approach, with Governor DeSantis emphasizing the office's impact.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday the appointment of James Uthmeier to take over as the state's chief legal officer.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed his former chief of staff, James Uthmeier, as the state’s new attorney general, placing a trusted ally in the top law enforcement position.