The Trump Justice Department has reassigned two senior civil rights officials overseeing the government’s litigating positions on transgender rights, police misconduct, affirmative action, and other anti-discrimination issues.
The Civil Rights Division’s appellate chief and her deputy both learned of their forced transfers late this week, said five people familiar with the moves. They become the latest DOJ career managers moved to a newly formed sanctuary cities enforcement working group that’s emerged in media reports this week as the repeat landing spot for department veterans targeted by the Trump administration for removal.
The civil rights supervisors managed a team of appellate ...
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