2 weeks Ago By Melanie Sun
President-elect Donald Trump named attorney Harmeet Dhillon as assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice in a post on Truth Social on Dec.
9. “In her new role at the DOJ, Harmeet will be a tireless defender of our Constitutional Rights, and will enforce our Civil Rights and Election Laws fairly and firmly. Congratulations, Harmeet!” The Department of Justice will be headed by U.
S. Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, pending confirmation by the Senate. Dhillon has clerked in the U.
S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Dartmouth College and University of Virginia Law School graduate, who is a member of the Sikh religious community, thanked Trump for the nomination and her family for their support.
Paoletta, a partner at the Law Firm, Schaerr Jaffe, and a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America, was part of the first Trump administration and an ally in advancing Trump’s American First agenda. Alongside then-OMB Director Russ Vought, who has also been asked by Trump to head the OMB again, Paoletta arranged federal funding to build Trump’s border wall facing Mexico. The president-elect also endorsed K.
C. Crosbie for the next co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Crosbie previously served as the RNC’s treasurer and the national committeewoman representing Kentucky.
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