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Feb 2019
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Vanita Gupta: The Firebrand Who Duels w...

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Vanita Gupta, the daughter of Indian immigrants, is a legal rockstar who ran the Civil Rights division of the Justice Department under President Obama and is now head of the largest and most powerful civil rights group in the country. Gupta talks with Tina about policing police departments, the Department of Justice under Trump, and going into battle for civil rights every day.

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