STRAIGHT TO THE POINT: Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon
As Head of
@TheJusticeDept Civil Rights Division,
@AAGDhillon is taking on DEI, political violence, getting boys out of girls sports, government overreach, and more.
We sat down with her for an exclusive interview you’ll only see right here on Straight to the Point.
FULL INTERVIEW
0:50 Staffing Challenges in Civil Rights Division
2:00 200+ DOJ lawyers quit after learning President Trump’s priorities would now be their priorities
3:00 AAG Dhillon: “We've had a mass exodus of the career staff here in the Civil Rights Division. In fact, they have their own support groups.”
4:20 AAG Dhillon: “We are here to serve all Americans, not just some Americans or the Americans who are winning the diversity sweepstakes.”
4:40 AAG Dhillon Responds to Senator Schiff’s allegations that the Civil Rights Division has been cancelled.
5:30 “Massive Fail”: Tuesday elections, 75,000+ Independent voters in PA not included in poll books
7:00 Anti-semitism is a top priority for President Trump’s Civil Rights Division
7:30 Calls Zohran Mamdani’s rhetoric throughout the campaign ”extremely inflammatory and concerning to the Jewish community.”
8:15 AAG Dhillon: This DOJ “has zero tolerance” for anti-semitism
8:50 AAG Dhillon opens investigation into swastika at Jewish day school in Brooklyn
11:20 AAG Dhillon reaches out to Federal Election Staff (FEC) over former UK Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn phone-banking For Mamdani
12:45 DOJ seeks 2020 election records from Georgia
16:10 California’s Prop 50: Challenging redistricting
20:30 Federal Shutdown impact at DOJ and Civil Rights Division
21:30 AAG uses X as tool to spot and refer issues
24:00 Senate rules should be re-evaluated: lost civility under Obama Administration
24:30 Investigating Potential Hate Crimes: Iryna Zarutska’s murder on mass transit in Charlotte, NC and Charlie Kirk’s assassination
30:05 Big Tech censorship, cancelled Americans, and the need for legal consequences
31:30 Outdated: Communications Decency Act of 1996
32:30 AAG Dhillon: Confirms review of Arctic Frost Records for potential legal violations
34:40 Getting boys out of girls sports
37:30 College Settlements: AAG Dhillon reports progress on Harvard talks “ I think a number of points have moved quite far along” and UCLA “has been slowed down significantly”
39:30 AAG Dhillon responds to criticism alleging “lack of civility” and an “election denier”; confirms death threats
41:05 Press Freedom: Examining new Trump administration rules
42:50 Role of independent journalism “that's where the real news and the real journalism is coming out…”
43:50 END