US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Chandigarh-born Harmeet Okay Dhillon as assistant lawyer normal for civil rights on the division of justice.
“I’m happy to appoint Harmeet Okay. Dhillon as Assistant Legal professional Basic for Civil Rights on the US Division of Justice,” Trump introduced on Monday on Reality Social, a social media platform owned by him.
Dhillon, a Sikh, is a graduate of Dartmouth School and the College of Virginia Regulation 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 over massive tech for censoring our free speech, representing Christians who had been prevented from praying collectively throughout COVID, and suing firms who use woke insurance policies to discriminate towards their staff,” Trump stated.
“Harmeet is among the prime election legal professionals within the nation, preventing to make sure that all, and ONLY, authorized votes are counted.
“Harmeet is a revered member of the Sikh non secular group. In her new function on the DOJ, Harmeet will probably be a tireless defender of our constitutional rights, and can implement our civil rights and election legal guidelines FAIRLY and FIRMLY,” stated the President-elect.
Dhillon was topic to racial assault after she recited ardas on the Republican Nationwide Conference in July this 12 months. Final 12 months, she unsuccessfully ran for the place of Republican Nationwide Committee chairmanship.
Dhillon, 54, moved to america when she was a baby alongside together 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’m extraordinarily honoured 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 crew of legal professionals led by @PamBondi. I can not wait to get to work!” Dhillon stated 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 today. I hope I’ll honour their recollections, with God’s grace,” she added within the submit.
