U.S. Senate confirms election denier, Trump defense lawyer for Justice Department [View all]
Source: Nebraska Examiner
By: Ashley Murray - April 4, 2025 7:36 pm
WASHINGTON — The Senate cleared two more of President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice nominees Thursday, installing another attorney who defended Trump last year and a new lead on civil rights who has drawn intense criticism from advocacy groups.
The Senate confirmed California lawyer Harmeet Dhillon in a 52-45 vote to the role of assistant attorney general, heading up the agency’s Civil Rights Division, one of the largest at Justice. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the only Republican to oppose the nomination.
Dhillon, a Trump legal adviser and the managing partner at Dhillon Law Group in San Francisco, specializes in commercial litigation, employment law, First Amendment rights and election law matters, according to the biography on her firm’s website.
Dhillon is also the CEO and founder of the Center for American Liberty, which states its mission as “defending the civil liberties of Americans left behind by civil rights legacy organizations.”
Read more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/04/04/repub/u-s-senate-confirms-election-denier-trump-defense-lawyer-for-justice-department/
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