The US Department of Justice launched an investigation into the city of Chicago after Mayor Brandon Johnson described the number of black officials in his administration while speaking in a church on Sunday.
The Ministry of Justice announced the investigation on Monday in a letter addressed to Johnson from the head of the Ministry of Civil Rights Department of the Ministry, Harmet Delon.
“So, when we say, our people, he hires our people, I just want to name this,” Johnson said while talking to the Apostolic Church of God.
The mayor said that during other departments, the majority of the city’s employees were eggs, but they indicated that under his leadership, 45 % of the administration is black, 25 % of Latin, 30 % of eggs and 8 % Asian.
The mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson speaks to the demonstrators at Grant Park who were protesting against President Donald Trump’s policies and showing their support for the Union’s workers, on May 1, 2025, in Chicago.
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“It is the most varied management in the history of Chicago. That is why I am called because there are some critics who will push me and say, as you know, the only thing [the] Johnson said: “No, what I say, when you employ our people, we are always looking for anyone else. We are the most generous people on this planet,” Johnson said.
According to Chicago, Johnson’s comments Viral On social media, with some users calling for investigation.
Dhillon was martyred directly by Johnson’s comments in the message and said that the investigation “depends on the information indicating that you have taken employment decisions on the basis of race.”
The letter also referred to the seventh chapter of the 1964 Civil Rights Law – a federal law prohibiting discrimination on employment based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.
ABC News has arrived at Johnson’s office for comment.
Johnson, from He said In an interview in March that “Chicago’s Spirit” is the “multi -ethnic alliance”, he said in his notes on Sunday that the presence of a variety of administration will help “ensure that our employees will get an opportunity to develop their business.”
Johnson said: “The presence of people in my administration will search for everyone’s attention and everyone means that you have to search for the interests of black people, because that did not happen,” Johnson said. “Thus we guarantee sustainable long -term growth.”
In this November 2022, the file of the files, the Chicago Brandon Johnson’s mayor’s candidate with local Seiu head 73 Diane Palmer and other members of the Union, announces their support for his campaign.
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Johnson, a former commissioner and teacher of Cook Province, won the municipal race in April 2023 after managing a progressive campaign with a platform focusing on addressing racist and economic differences in the city.
“I hear people who want more,” Johnson said in March when asked what Black Chicago – who historically said in the city. interview With Tribe, the Black Media Port in Chicago. Speaking of economic inequality, Johnson said during the interview that “our pain is very deep and very severe,” so investments in black society “must deepen and wide.”
“One of the first things I did is that it is not enough to win power, you have to protect power,” Johnson said during the interview while running to employ his administration for black officials. “The first thing I did for our people is to make sure that I am putting the main blacks in the positions of strength to protect it.”
The investigation of the Ministry of Justice comes amid a comprehensive campaign by the Trump administration on diversity, fair and integration practices in the federal government and the private sector.
The President issued a series of executive orders after assuming his post in January, in which he imposed his administration to end the DEI – Policies and Guidance Practices called “illegal and immoral discrimination programs”.
ABC News has arrived at the Ministry of Justice for further comment.
