Trump nominates Indian American lawyer Harmeet K Dhillon as assistant attorney general for civil rights

December 10, 2024 - PatialaPolitics

Trump nominates Indian American lawyer Harmeet K Dhillon as assistant attorney general for civil rights

US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday appointed Indian-American lawyer Harmeet K Dhillon as the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice. Dhillon is the fourth Indian-American nominated to the Trump 2.0 Cabinet, joining Dr Jay Bhattacharya (National Institutes of Health), Vivek Ramaswamy (Department of Government Efficiency), and Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel (Director of the FBI).