Brandon Johnson, the mayor of Chicago, is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights after he made remarks boasting about the hiring of Black people in his administration.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump, announced the probe in a letter. In it, she revealed that her office is investigating whether Mayor Johnson’s employment practices are discriminatory based on race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Read more at www.thegrio.com.
