WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American Harmeet Ok Dhillon as Assistant Legal professional Common for Civil Rights on the Division of Justice. “I’m happy to appoint Harmeet Ok. Dhillon as Assistant Legal professional Common for Civil Rights on the US Division of Justice,” Trump introduced on Monday on Fact Social, a social media platform owned by him.
Dhillon, a Sikh, is a graduate of Dartmouth School and the College of Virginia Legislation Faculty, and has clerked within the US Fourth Circuit Court docket of Appeals. “All through her profession, Harmeet has stood up persistently to guard our cherished civil liberties, together with taking up large tech for censoring our free speech, representing Christians who have been prevented from praying collectively throughout COVID, and suing firms who use woke insurance policies to discriminate towards their employees,” he mentioned.
“Harmeet is among the high election attorneys within the nation, preventing to make sure that all, and ONLY, authorized votes are counted. “Harmeet is a revered member of the Sikh spiritual group. In her new function on the DOJ, Harmeet shall be a tireless defender of our constitutional rights, and can implement our civil rights and election legal guidelines FAIRLY and FIRMLY,” mentioned the President-elect.
Dhillon was topic to racial assault after she recited Ardas on the Republican Nationwide Conference in July this yr. Final yr, she unsuccessfully ran for the place of Republican Nationwide Committee chairmanship. Chandigarh-born Dhillon, 54, moved to the US when she was a baby alongside along with her mother and father. In 2016, she was the primary Indian-American to look on the stage of the GOP Conference in Cleveland.
“I am extraordinarily honored by President Trump’s nomination to help with our nation’s civil rights agenda. It has been my dream to have the ability to serve our nice nation, and I’m so excited to be a part of an unimaginable workforce of attorneys led by @PamBondi. I can not wait to get to work!” Dhillon mentioned in a submit on X later.
“I’d not be right here right this moment with out my superb mom and brother’s assist, and my beloved father Tejpal and husband Sarv, who didn’t reside to see this present day. I hope I’ll honour their reminiscences, with God’s grace,” she added within the submit.
