President-elect Trump on Monday announced nominees for new positions at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ).
the president-elect saidin post About the true societythat His pick for OMB general counsel is Mark Paoletta, and his pick for assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is Harmeet Dhillon.
Mr. Paoletta previously served as OMB General Counsel during the first Trump administration, and most recently worked at the Department of Justice to assist the president-elect in planning the transition. He also served as former Vice President Pence's chief adviser when Trump first assumed the White House.
“Mark will work closely with our nation's DOGE team to reduce the size of our bloated government bureaucracy and root out wasteful and un-American spending,” Trump wrote in one post on Truth Social. He referred to the “Department of Government Efficiency'' panel and said: President Trump has nominated tech billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the party.
Last month, Paoletta said on social media platform X that Justice Department officials who disagree with Trump's views on how the department should be run should resign.
“If these career Justice Department employees will not carry out President Trump's plan in good faith, then they should resign. Employees who engage in so-called 'resistance' against the legitimate policies of a duly elected president… It would destroy American democracy,” Paoletta said.
current dillonAct as a managing partner Her law firm, Dillon Law Group, worked with President Trump during his recent presidential campaign when he was fighting an effort to bar him from voting under the 14th Amendment. Ta. She also unsuccessfully sought to challenge former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel for the 2023 seat.
“Throughout his career, Harmeet has consistently stood up to protect our cherished civil liberties, including confronting Big Tech that censors free speech and fighting the coronavirus pandemic. “This includes representing Christians who are prevented from praying together because of the effects of the pandemic, and suing companies that use woke policies to discriminate against Christians,” Trump said Monday. , told Truth Social.
