James Uthmeier was sworn in as Florida Attorney General Monday, after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) appointed him to the office vacated by now-Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL). Moody had been the state’s Attorney General until last month,

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 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.