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DOJ hires ex-Jim Jordan staffer as civil rights chief after Harmeet Dhillon departure
President Donald Trump tapped Craig Trainor, a former aide to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on an acting basis after Harmeet Dhillon resigned last week. The appointment fills one of several vacancies at the DOJ since Democrats won control of Congress in the midterm elections.
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- Washington ExaminerDOJ hires ex-Jim Jordan staffer as civil rights chief after Harmeet Dhillon departurePresident Donald Trump tapped Craig Trainor, a former aide to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on an acting basis after Harmeet Dhillon resigned last week. The appointment fills one of several vacancies at the DOJ since Democrats won control of Congress in the midterm elections.
- MS NOWTrump appoints new DOJ civil rights chief after Harmeet Dhillon’s rocky departureCraig Trainor, currently a top housing official, is slated to take over a DOJ Civil Rights Division profoundly changed by his predecessor.
