Trump nominates Harmeet Dhillon as Assistant AG for Civil Rights at DOJ

President-elect Trump on Sunday named Harmeet K. Dhillon as assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department.

Trump said Dhillon has consistently protected civil liberties throughout her career, including taking on Big Tech over censorship of free speech, representing Christians barred from praying together during the COVID-19 pandemic and suing companies , who discriminated against their employees using “woke” policies.

“Harmeet is one of the best election lawyers in the country, fighting to ensure that all and ONLY legal votes are counted,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia Law School and clerked for the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”

“Harmeet is a respected member of the Sikh religious community,” he added. “In her new role at DOJ, Harmeet will be a tireless defender of our constitutional rights and enforce our civil rights and election laws FAIR and FIRM.”

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Harmeet Dhillon (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images/File)

Trump also wrote in a separate post that Mark Paoletta would return as general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget.

In this role, Trump said, Paoletta will work closely with the Department of Government Efficiency to “reduce our bloated government bureaucracy and root out wasteful and anti-American spending.”

Trump called Paoletta a brilliant and tenacious lawyer and praised him for working to advance his agenda in his first term while also working to find money to build a wall on the southern border.

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Mark Paoletta (Mark Paoletta)

Mark is a partner at the law firm Shaerr Jaffe LLP and a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America.

“Mark served as chief counsel for oversight and investigations in Congress for a decade and was a key attorney in the White House Counsel’s Office who confirmed Justice Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1991,” Trump wrote. “Mark is a conservative warrior who knows the ins and outs of government – ​​he will help us make America great again!”

And finally, Trump announced that KC Crosbie is running to succeed Lara Trump as the next co-chair of the Republican National Committee.

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Lara Trump (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/File)

“Lara, along with Chairman Michael Whatley, has transformed the RNC into a lean, focused and powerful machine that will strengthen the MAGA movement for years to come,” the president-elect said. “Thank you for your hard work, Lara, in making AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

The new president also said that Crosbie had helped “real” Republicans get elected across the U.S. and that he would be an excellent co-chair.

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“KC will continue to work to ensure a well-functioning, fiscally responsible and effective RNC that makes election integrity a top priority,” Trump said. “KC Crosbie has my full endorsement to be the next co-chair of the RNC!”