Harmeet Dhillon
Harmeet Dhillon | |
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2025 | |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division | |
| Assumed office April 7, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Kristen Clarke |
| Republican National Committeewoman from California | |
| In office July 19, 2016 – April 7, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Linda Ackerman |
| Succeeded by | Connie Conway |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harmeet Kaur Dhillon 1969 (age 56–57) Chandigarh, India |
| Citizenship | American |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
D. Singh
(m. 1989; div. 1991)Kanwarjit Singh
(m. 1994; div. 2004)Sarvjit Randhawa
(m. 2011; died 2024) |
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
| Website | Official website |
Harmeet Kaur Dhillon (born 1969) is an American lawyer and Republican Party official serving as the U.S. assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division since 2025. She is the former vice chair of the California Republican Party and a former Republican National Committeewoman for California.
She is the founder of a law practice called Dhillon Law Group Inc. In 2018, she helped launch the 501(c)(3) conservative nonprofit Center for American Liberty, which does legal work related to civil liberties. During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Dhillon filed numerous unsuccessful lawsuits to halt the implementation of stay-at-home-orders and other restrictions. She criticized face masks requirements, called for the re-opening of the economy, and opposed mail in voting.
In 2023 Republican National Committee chairmanship election, Dhillon unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Ronna McDaniel. In December 2024, then president-elect Donald Trump nominated Dhillon to serve as the assistant attorney general for civil rights.