January 31, 2017

Trump appoints expert on defending racial gerrymanders as senior civil rights official

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-racial-gerrymander-civil-rights-48f4277f04fb#.q00dth1vx
"John Gore, who Trump appointed as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s civil rights division, is not a civil rights lawyer. Until recently, he was a partner at Jones Day, a large law firm employing many prominent Republican lawyers, where he litigated business cases ranging from antitrust to product liability. Gore, has, however, worked on some civil rights-related issues — on the side of people who were accused of violating civil rights laws — including several cases alleging illegal racial gerrymanders."