DOJ launches investigation into blue state city over alleged race-based hiring
Justice Department cites Civil Rights Act violations in probe of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson administration's hiring practices
By Greg Wehner Fox News
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is launching an investigation into the City of Chicago for allegedly engaging in a pattern of discrimination based on race, which is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Harmeet K. Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, sent a letter to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday to notify him that an investigation into civil rights violations was being opened.
"Our investigation is based on information suggesting that you have made hiring decisions solely on the basis of race," Dhillon wrote. "In your remarks made yesterday at the Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn, you highlight[ed] the number of Black officials in [your] administration."
Johnson was a guest at the Apostolic Church of God, when he responded to critics who claim he only talks about hiring Black people.
"No, what I’m saying is, when you hire our people, we always look out for everybody else. We are the most generous people on the planet," he said.
Johnson went on to list top officials in his administration, emphasizing their race.
For example, Johnson said his deputy mayor of business and economic neighborhood development is a Black woman.
Other positions filled by Black women that Johnson spoke about include the deputy mayor of infrastructure, the budget director and the commissioner of the department of planning and development.
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