Byron Donalds Backs Ron DeSantis for United States Attorney General

Byron Donalds said Ron DeSantis would make a very good united states attorney general, adding a Florida governor’s name to speculation about President Donald Trump’s next pick for the job. Donalds, a gubernatorial candidate and Naples Congressman, made the comment this week in an interview with Benny Johnson.

Donalds also said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is doing a very good job as a temporary-for-now replacement for former Attorney General Pam Bondi. He said DeSantis could be incredibly well-suited for the position because he would look through everything with a fine-tooth comb to hold people accountable.

Donalds on DeSantis and Blanche

Donalds told Benny Johnson that DeSantis would “make a very good Attorney General” and added, “I think he actually would make a very good Attorney General, because knowing Governor DeSantis, he will make sure that he looks through everything with a fine-tooth comb to hold people accountable. And I think that’s a spot he could be incredibly well-suited for. But there’s so many different opportunities.”

The remark gives DeSantis, who has a degree from Harvard Law, a public boost for a federal Justice Department post. It also comes while Todd Blanche is serving in the role temporarily after Pam Bondi.

DeSantis and White House speculation

DeSantis said this week that he was focused on “running through the tape” in his remaining time as governor. He also denied that discussions of a White House role have happened, saying, “No one’s ever asked me to do anything, and I’ve never asked to do anything,” and adding that the speculation exists because he is “one of the more well-known Republicans in the country.”

For readers watching the succession conversation, the practical signal is simple: Donalds has now publicly named DeSantis as a plausible fit for a top federal law-enforcement job, while DeSantis has publicly kept his attention on the governor’s office and pushed back on White House talk.