President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s nomination of Harmeet K. Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights has sparked controversy, particularly in New Delhi. Dhillon, a prominent Republican of Indian descent, has faced criticism for past social media posts allegedly supporting pro-Khalistani views, including unverified claims of India operating “death squads” targeting Sikh diaspora critics. Her remarks sharply contrast Trump\u2019s efforts to strengthen ties with India and court Indian-American voters. While Trump has elevated several Indian-Americans to prominent roles, Dhillon\u2019s nomination may alienate sections of the Indian-American community, whose support for Trump grew modestly in the 2024 election, particularly among men.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s nomination of Harmeet K. Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights has sparked controversy, particularly in New Delhi. Dhillon, a prominent Republican of Indian descent, has faced criticism for past social media posts allegedly supporting pro-Khalistani views, including unverified claims of India operating “death squads” targeting Sikh diaspora critics. Her remarks… Read More »Is Trump’s latest pick pro-Khalistan?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}