President Trump appointed HUD official Craig Trainor as acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division.
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the move on X, saying, I am pleased to announce that President Trump has appointed Craig Trainor as Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.
Trainor has served since October 2025 as the Senate-confirmed assistant secretary of housing and urban development for fair housing and equal opportunity, and he succeeds Jesus Osete, who had been serving in an acting capacity after Dhillon resigned Nov. 5, a departure she has said was her own choice to return to private practice. It is not yet clear whether Trainor will be nominated to the post on a permanent basis.
Blanche said Trainor oversaw nationwide enforcement of HUD civil rights statutes and was also the principal architect of HUDs civil rights enforcement policies, which cut the Biden-era fair housing case backlog in half. Before HUD, Trainor worked at the Education Department, served as a special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee under Rep. Jim Jordan, and worked at the America First Policy Institute; he also clerked for U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr., who twice struck down District of Columbia concealed-carry restrictions.
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