Former state Attorney General Brad Schimel is staying on as the head of the U.S. attorney’s office in Milwaukee, despite the term for his original appointment expiring.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi picked Schimel to lead Wisconsin’s Eastern District last year — for a period of 120 days. That interim term expired earlier this week, without him receiving confirmation from the U.S. Senate. The district’s federal judges could have extended his term but declined to.
Bondi then reappointed Schimel to lead the office under the new title of first assistant U.S. attorney…