US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American Harmeet K Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice.
The president on Truth Social said in an official announcement, "I am pleased to nominate Harmeet K Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the US Department of Justice."
Throughout her career, Harmeet has stood up consistently to protect our cherished civil liberties, including taking on big tech for censoring our free speech, representing Christians who were prevented from praying together during COVID, and suing corporations who use woke policies to discriminate against their workers," he said.
Harmeet is one of the top election lawyers in the country, fighting to ensure that all, and ONLY, legal votes are counted. She graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia Law School, clerked in the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and has been a key leader in the California state party," Trump said.
Harmeet is a respected member of the Sikh religious community. 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," said the President-elect.
After the announcement made by Trump, Dhillon posted on X, "I'm deeply honored that President Trump has nominated me to support our nation's civil rights agenda. It has always been my dream to be able to serve this great country, and I am so thrilled to be part of an incredible team of lawyers led by Pam Bondi." (sic).
"I cannot wait to get to work! I would not be here today without my amazing mother and brother's support, and my beloved father Tejpal and husband Sarv, who did not live to see this day. I hope I will honor their memories, with God's grace," she wrote.
Fifty-four-year-old Harmeet Dhillon was subjected to racial attack after she recited Ardas at the Republican National Convention in July this year.
She failed in her attempt for the Republican National Committee chairmanship last year.
Chandigarh-born Dhillon came to the United States when she was very young with her parents. In 2016, she became the first Indian-American to speak at the GOP Convention in Cleveland.
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