All however one Senate Republican voted on Thursday to substantiate President Donald Trump’s nomination of Harmeet Dhillon to function an assistant lawyer basic.
Whereas the 52-45 vote was virtually completely alongside occasion traces, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, joined Democrats in voting in opposition to Dhillon’s affirmation.
Fox Information Digital reached out to a Murkowski spokesperson on Friday morning to request a remark from the lawmaker, however didn’t obtain a response by the point of publication.
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Harmeet Dhillon, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Assistant Lawyer Basic for Civil Rights, prepares for her affirmation listening to earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 26, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)
Then-President-elect Donald Trump introduced in December that Dhillon was his option to function assistant lawyer basic for civil rights on the Justice Division.
“I’m happy to appoint Harmeet Okay. Dhillon as Assistant Lawyer Basic for Civil Rights on the U.S. Division of Justice. All through her profession, Harmeet has stood up constantly to guard our cherished Civil Liberties, together with taking over Large Tech for censoring our Free Speech, representing Christians who had been prevented from praying collectively throughout COVID, and suing companies who use woke insurance policies to discriminate in opposition to their employees,” Trump declared in his Fact Social put up on the time.
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Harmeet Dhillon, nominee to be an assistant lawyer basic, testifies throughout her Senate Judiciary Committee affirmation listening to within the Dirksen Constructing on Feb. 26, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Photographs)
“Harmeet is likely one of the high Election legal professionals within the Nation, combating to make sure that all, and ONLY, authorized votes are counted. She is a graduate of Dartmouth School and the College of Virginia Regulation College, and clerked within the U.S. Fourth Circuit Courtroom of Appeals. Harmeet is a revered member of the Sikh spiritual neighborhood. In her new position on the DOJ, Harmeet might be a tireless defender of our Constitutional Rights, and can implement our Civil Rights and Election Legal guidelines FAIRLY and FIRMLY. Congratulations, Harmeet!” he added.
Trump not too long ago accused Murkwoski, Maine Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, and Kentucky Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell of getting “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
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Harmeet Dhillon, a candidate for the Republican Celebration chair speaks to the media after GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel was re-elected in the course of the 2023 Republican Nationwide Committee Winter Assembly in Dana Level, Calif., on Jan. 27, 2023 (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP through Getty Photographs)
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The president referred to as out the 4 GOP senators forward of a vote on a measure to scuttle his tariff coverage on Canadian merchandise.
All 4 Republican senators voted for the joint decision anyway, and it cleared the Senate with all Democrats voting in favor.
