Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Hillsborough, Florida, County Sheriff Chad Chronister as head of the Drug Enforcement Administration. No one is quite sure how Sheriff Chronister popped on the radar. A lot of Florida alumni are showing up in Trump 2.0, and, of course, Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi started her political career as the prosecutor in Hillsborough County.
This is the announcement.
🚨BREAKING: Trump just nominated Sheriff Chad Chronister for Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). pic.twitter.com/2quKTs0apl
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) November 30, 2024
In the cold light of the “morning after,” many things are surfacing that indicate Sheriff Chronister, no matter his competence as a law enforcement officer, may not be in sync with President Trump’s vision for the federal…
