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Senator presses DOJ official on July letter alleging Voting Rights Act violations in Texas districts
Summary
Ranking member Peter Welch asked Assistant Attorney General Harmit Dhillon whether she coordinated with the White House before sending a July 7 letter asserting four Texas coalition districts may violate the Voting Rights Act; Dhillon said she sent the letter under her Voting Rights Act authority and declined to discuss privileged executive-branch communications.
Ranking member Peter Welch questioned Assistant Attorney General Harmit Dhillon during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing about a July 7 letter she sent to Texas asserting that four so-called coalition districts were inconsistent with the Voting Rights Act.
“Is it the case that you personally sent a letter on July 7 to Texas in your capacity as assistant attorney general arguing that four Democratic districts violate federal law?” Welch asked during the hearing.
“It is the case that I sent a letter under my authority to administer the…
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