washington president donald trump nominee lead u.s. justice department civil right division denounce white hate group wednesday pledge support agency investigation murder woman man believe harbor nazi sympathies confirmation hear senate judiciary committee eric dreiband call white supremacy group disgrace say put people notice commit racially motivate crimes civil right division come them last month rally white nationalists charlottesville virginia weigh heavily trump administration recent weeks trump suggest side blame violence protesters counter-demonstrators comment draw sharp rebuke side aisle congress recently trump anger civil right activists pardon former maricopa county sheriff joe arpaio convict criminal contempt defy 2011 injunction bar deputies racially profile latinos dreiband tell committee bigotry ideology neo-nazism nazism white supremacists ku klux klan disgrace country eradicate unite state attorney general jeff sessions recently announce department launch civil right investigation death heather heyer 32 die witness saw jam alex field jr. drive car crowd counter-protesters know field say 20-year-old ohio man harbor white supremacist view already face state charge incident confirm everything support investigation dreiband tell senators wednesday multiple civil right group strongly oppose dreiband nomination head civil right division assistant attorney general dreiband partner law firm jones day represent company high-profile discrimination case write several article critical equal employment opportunity commission eeoc dreiband previously work eeoc labor department wage hour division george w. bush administration also serve independent counsel kenneth starr recently represent retailer abercrombie fitch co sue eeoc refuse let muslim female job applicant observe religion wear head scarf supreme court rule 8-1 company 2015. dreiband also represent r.j. reynolds tobacco co case last year involve 49-year-old job applicant sue age discrimination divide u.s. appeal court late side company find violate federal age discrimination employment act tell recruiters hire workers college testimony wednesday dreiband stress represent diverse array clients include police shoot victim another face death penalty trump justice department civil right nominee denounce neo-nazis