We’re getting ever closer to Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, and he and his vice president-elect JD Vance continue to fill out their upcoming administration. On Thursday night, the Trump-Vance Transition Team sent out emails announcing that civil rights lawyer Leo Terrell has been named as Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the DOJ, while Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient Sam Brown will serve as the next Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
We’ll start with Terrell, a one-time hardcore Democrat who morphed into “Leo 2.0” when he came to his senses:
I am pleased to announce that Leo Terrell will be Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the United States Department of Justice. He will work alongside Harmeet K. Dhillon, a fellow…