Jesus A. Osete is Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department Civil Rights Division after Attorney General Todd Blanche accepted Harmeet K. Dhillon’s November 5, 2026 resignation. Osete served as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General from August 7, 2025 and is named on United States captions in the division’s affirmative Second Amendment cases. He was nominated August 20, 2026 to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri for Judge David Gregory Kays’ seat opening May 11, 2027, after a September 30 hearing with no confirmation as of November 9 and no leave date.