Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee appears to be dismissing talk of being a contender for attorney general following Pam Bondi’s ouster.
The Utah Republican wrote on social media, “I’m not going anywhere,” following reports that colleagues were suggesting him for the role. Lee commented from his @BasedMikeLee X account, which he uses to share candid views.
Lee has long been mentioned as a potential candidate for attorney general or Supreme Court. He was a Supreme Court clerk and his father, Rex Lee, was solicitor general in the Reagan administration.
But Lee strategist Dan Hauser suggested the senators who may be agitating for Lee’s nomination just want to see him leave Congress. Some colleagues have grumbled about Lee’s push for elections overhaul legislation popular with conservatives but that has no chance of passing the Senate.
