The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has done an about-face in President Donald Trump’s second term, focusing on protecting the rights of all Americans, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon told Newsmax on Tuesday.

“The Civil Rights Division has made a 180-degree turn from the weaponized agenda under the Biden administration, under [former Attorney General] Merrick Garland to what we’re focusing on today, which is not just protecting the narrow few, or whoever’s in power or the cause du jour, but really enforcing civil rights for all Americans,” Dhillon, who leads the Civil Rights Division, told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.”

“And this is consistent with Supreme Court precedent. This is consistent with our federal civil rights laws.”

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