Assistant Attorney General Hermeet Dillon said California Gov. Gavin Newsom official and Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy had placed a target on her back just by performing their duties.
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- Trump administration official Hermeet Dillon reported being threatened and called the federal sheriff.
- Dillon accused officials of California Gov. Gavin Newsom of risking her by engaging in a fire at a judge’s house.
- Judge Diane Goodstein previously ruled against the Department of Justice in a lawsuit over South Carolina voter data.
A senior Trump administration official lashed out on social media for allegedly intimidating California Gov. Gavin Newsom and federal officials. She said the federal sheriff will investigate the allegations.
Hermeet Dillon, assistant secretary of attorney general at the Justice Department of Civil Rights Department, posted on X on October 5, indirectly accusing Newsom’s public relations officer Izzy Gardon of potentially putting her in danger.
Dillon said Gardon’s Oct. 5 X post appears to denounce the Assistant Attorney General for the fire that took place at the home of South Carolina Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein on October 4th.
Gurdon wrote, referring to the fire that burned down Goodstein’s waterfront home, “A few weeks ago, one of President Trump’s senior Justice Department officials targeted the judge publicly. Today, the judge’s home is on fire.”
Dillon responded in his own post on October 5th.
“Threats against me have been reported to the U.S. Sheriff, and there have been some tonight,” Dillon wrote. “We do not tolerate such threats by awakened fools, including those who work at @GavinNewsom.”
“Diary yourself accordingly. FAFO,” Dillon said, adding at the end an acronym for “(expletive) stay around and find it.”
The Department of Justice did not respond to USA TODAY’s request for comment.
Meanwhile, Gardon, who accused Dillon of threatening on social media, told USA TODAY that he “is an obligation to apologise in full for giving him a completely false indication.”
The accusation is the latest episode of a long-standing feud involving free and civil rights lawyers and former vice-chairman of the California Republican Party, Dillon and Newsom, and his staff.
Three people were hospitalized after being injured in a wildfire in South Carolina, one of them injured. Airlifted In hospitalofficials said. The cause of the fire has not been determined yet. This incident is under investigation.
Goodstein ruled in September in a lawsuit against the Department of Justice in favour of the parties, according to court filings.
Over the summer, the Department of Justice asked the South Carolina Election Commission to copy the state’s voter registration list. In August, South Carolina voter Anne Crook filed a lawsuit blocking the Election Commission from providing her voter registration information to the Department of Justice, according to USA TODAY Network’s Greenville News.
Goodstein granted Crook’s temporary restraining order on September 2, according to court filings.
However, the South Carolina Supreme Court rescinded Goodstein’s decision in an order filed on September 11, meaning the commission could hand over voter information to the Department of Justice, Greenville News reported.
Connecticut Democratic Senators agree
The debate over the South Carolina lawsuit and Dillon’s role in it is spreading to other Democrats too.. On October 5th, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) reposted Gardon’s X-post, including a screenshot of a post made by Dillon last month.
In a post to X, Dillon said, “This @TheJusticeDept @CivilRights does not support a hasty invalidation of federal voting laws by state court judges. I will not allow anything to hinder our mission to maintain a clean voter list. One citizen, one vote!”
Dillon told Fox News Digital on October 6 that Gardon and Murphy had placed targets on her back to do their job. She described it as “severe…exorbitant and inappropriate,” adding that their actions “may cause physical harm to me.”
Murphy did not respond to USA TODAY’s request for comment.
Newsom Staff, Dillon said “I have a full apology”
“Dillon has a full apology to us for obvious false indications,” Gardon said in an emailed statement to USA TODAY on October 6.
“In contrast to the Trump administration’s silly comments on an incumbent judge, our firm has never threatened her. In recent weeks, Trump officials have called judges ‘terrorists’ and ‘legal rebels’,” Gardon said. “She and her friends are those dangerous, shameful, non-American comments that she should apologise for.”
In response to a statement from Gerdon, who also shared with FOX News, Dillon posted to X on October 6th, “Don’t hold my breath, I haven’t said anything that needs an apology. It’s the staff who are targeting federal employees.”
Dillon then replied “brothers” in another X-post on October 6th.
Contributor: Melina Kahn
