Trump Shocks California with Pick for U.S. Attorney in L.A.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that California state lawmaker Bill Essayli, a Republican from Riverside, will run the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. Covering 20 million people, including everybody in Los Angeles, it is by far the largest district in the nation, larger in population than every other state but Texas and Florida.

The announcement sent in-state reporters to area hospitals with a severe case of the fantods. “Trump picks lightning-rod California legislator to be US attorney in Los Angeles,” trumpeted Politico. In a follow-up, Politico upgraded the modifier to “bomb-hurling,” while the Sacramento Bee preferred to describe the 39-year-old former U.S. prosecutor as “outspoken.”

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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that California state lawmaker Bill Essayli, a Republican from Riverside, will run the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. Covering 20 million people, including everybody in Los Angeles, it is by far the largest district in the nation, larger in population than every other state but Texas and Florida.

The announcement sent in-state reporters to area hospitals with a severe case of the fantods. “Trump picks lightning-rod California legislator to be US attorney in Los Angeles,” trumpeted Politico. In a follow-up, Politico upgraded the modifier to “bomb-hurling,” while the Sacramento Bee preferred to describe the 39-year-old former U.S. prosecutor as “outspoken.”