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DOJ Civil Rights Chief Reports Threats Referred to U.S. Marshals During Portland Police Probe

A Newsom aide suggested a DOJ official had targeted a judge whose home later exploded, which authorities are still investigating.

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Overview

  • Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said she received several threats Sunday night and sent them to the U.S. Marshals Service for investigation.
  • Dhillon implied some threats came from people tied to Governor Gavin Newsom’s office, an assertion Newsom’s communications director rejected while calling for an apology.
  • The threats surfaced days after Dhillon opened a DOJ Civil Rights Division investigation into the Portland Police Bureau’s handling of protests at the south Portland ICE facility.
  • Protests outside the ICE site continued over the weekend with several arrests, according to local reports, even as the federal civil-rights probe proceeds.
  • Newsom’s communications director posted that a DOJ official had previously targeted South Carolina Judge Diane Goodstein before her home burned in an explosion that injured family members, a cause that state investigators have not determined; a federal judge also blocked a White House bid to deploy National Guard troops to Portland.