Nicolle Wallace on Trump Tapping Harmeet Dhillon to Run DOJ Civil Rights Division: ‘Letting the Fox Guard the Hen House’

Wallace Hi there everyone ░░░░░░░░ s 4 00 in ░░░░░░░░ York For the next ░░░░░░░░ years there will be ░░░░░░░░ lot to cover and ░░░░░░░░ on in the category ░░░░░░░░ norm busting and grifting ░░░░░░░░ individuals doing previously unheard ░░░░░░░░ things atop government agencies ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump crows about ░░░░░░░░ so called mandate and ░░░░░░░░ in Congress feel around ░░░░░░░░ whatever remains of their ░░░░░░░░ of duty and accountability ░░░░░░░░ the Constitution and the ░░░░░░░░ of law For that ░░░░░░░░ it will be important ░░░░░░░░ track mile markers or ░░░░░░░░ along various trajectories One ░░░░░░░░ have focused on a ░░░░░░░░ lot around here is ░░░░░░░░ norms versus autocratic impulses ░░░░░░░░ in that category Donald ░░░░░░░░ made a very big ░░░░░░░░ yesterday tapping someone who ░░░░░░░░ perhaps as dramatically as ░░░░░░░░ other pick from the ░░░░░░░░ parameters for the individual ░░░░░░░░ the Civil Rights division ░░░░░░░░ the Department of Justice ░░░░░░░░ her case Trump is ░░░░░░░░ the fox guard the ░░░░░░░░ house tapping a loyalist ░░░░░░░░ has at every single ░░░░░░░░ since the 2020 election ░░░░░░░░ the emergence of the ░░░░░░░░ Lie enabled Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ attacks on voting and ░░░░░░░░ norms in the name ░░░░░░░░ Trump s lie about ░░░░░░░░ fraud leading to his ░░░░░░░░ in 2020 Her name ░░░░░░░░ Harmeet Dhillon and she ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump s pick ░░░░░░░░ lead the DoJ Civil ░░░░░░░░ Division It s a ░░░░░░░░ of the Justice Department ░░░░░░░░ New York Times describes ░░░░░░░░ this The division enforces ░░░░░░░░ rights laws investigates police ░░░░░░░░ and brings charges for ░░░░░░░░ of people s civil ░░░░░░░░ The division s own ░░░░░░░░ proudly states this We ░░░░░░░░ the civil rights of ░░░░░░░░ people in the United ░░░░░░░░ It is a solemn ░░░░░░░░ important responsibility If there ░░░░░░░░ a through line in ░░░░░░░░ s legal work over ░░░░░░░░ last few years is ░░░░░░░░ she has supported Donald ░░░░░░░░ over anything and everyone ░░░░░░░░ New York Times writes ░░░░░░░░ Ms Dhillon has been ░░░░░░░░ conservative activist so devoted ░░░░░░░░ Mr Trump that she ░░░░░░░░ willing to attack not ░░░░░░░░ Democrats but also fellow ░░░░░░░░ She was also the ░░░░░░░░ chairwoman in 2020 of ░░░░░░░░ group Lawyers for Trump ░░░░░░░░ challenged the results of ░░░░░░░░ year s presidential election ░░░░░░░░ she is in an ░░░░░░░░ on Fox News on ░░░░░░░░ 5th 2020 while votes ░░░░░░░░ still being counted President ░░░░░░░░ Biden would not be ░░░░░░░░ the winner for another ░░░░░░░░ days Watch Clip starts ░░░░░░░░ In Philadelphia you have ░░░░░░░░ workers with Biden Harris ░░░░░░░░ masks on and they ░░░░░░░░ the ones who look ░░░░░░░░ ballots and they see ░░░░░░░░ a ballot is defective ░░░░░░░░ some way they may ░░░░░░░░ it in or fix ░░░░░░░░ And there s nobody ░░░░░░░░ the Republican side to ░░░░░░░░ it And because that ░░░░░░░░ is so close because ░░░░░░░░ president s lead is ░░░░░░░░ that is where we ░░░░░░░░ lose it And it ░░░░░░░░ an outrage that those ░░░░░░░░ are in contempt of ░░░░░░░░ And meanwhile we re ░░░░░░░░ for the United States ░░░░░░░░ Court which the president ░░░░░░░░ nominated three justices to ░░░░░░░░ in and do something ░░░░░░░░ hopefully Amy Coney Barrett ░░░░░░░░ come through and pick ░░░░░░░░ up There s no ░░░░░░░░ of that Lou so ░░░░░░░░ have to fight this ░░░░░░░░ the ground and make ░░░░░░░░ that we challenge in ░░░░░░░░ place and we are ░░░░░░░░ ends Wallace Hopefully Amy ░░░░░░░░ Barrett will come through ░░░░░░░░ course the Supreme Court ░░░░░░░░ t step in Amy ░░░░░░░░ Barrett or any of ░░░░░░░░ and do much of ░░░░░░░░ They did not tip ░░░░░░░░ scales for Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump lost But ░░░░░░░░ remained a loyal legal ░░░░░░░░ soldier and spokesperson as ░░░░░░░░ tried and failed to ░░░░░░░░ the election and lost ░░░░░░░░ after case after case ░░░░░░░░ to 60 of them ░░░░░░░░ s how Marc Elias ░░░░░░░░ Democracy Docket describes what ░░░░░░░░ has done since then ░░░░░░░░ the 2020 election Dhillon ░░░░░░░░ her namesake law firm ░░░░░░░░ founded in 06 has ░░░░░░░░ one of the leading ░░░░░░░░ groups working to roll ░░░░░░░░ voting rights across the ░░░░░░░░ In the past few ░░░░░░░░ Dhillon or an attorney ░░░░░░░░ her law firm has ░░░░░░░░ involved in at least ░░░░░░░░ different lawsuits in Arizona ░░░░░░░░ Georgia Maine Michigan North ░░░░░░░░ Virginia and Washington D ░░░░░░░░ challenging voting rights laws ░░░░░░░░ election processes or Trump ░░░░░░░░ efforts to appear on ░░░░░░░░ ballot in the 2024 ░░░░░░░░ In a statement Dhillon ░░░░░░░░ that she is honored ░░░░░░░░ President Trump s nomination ░░░░░░░░ assist with our nations ░░░░░░░░ rights agenda but many ░░░░░░░░ see it quite differently ░░░░░░░░ Elias warns that with ░░░░░░░░ at the head of ░░░░░░░░ Civil rights division DoJ ░░░░░░░░ be on the side ░░░░░░░░ vote suppressors and election ░░░░░░░░ An early and important ░░░░░░░░ of what the next ░░░░░░░░ of the fight for ░░░░░░░░ rights will look like ░░░░░░░░ the United States with ░░░░░░░░ s latest DoJ appointment ░░░░░░░░ where we start today.”