DOJ Civil Rights Chief Harmeet Dhillon Resigns After Midterm Elections
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Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, resigned Thursday. She is the first high-level Justice Department official to depart following the 2026 midterm elections, after serving approximately 18 months in the role.
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DOJ civil rights chief Harmeet Dhillon resigns, says White House asked her to wait until after midterms (opens Fox News in a new tab)
Harmeet Dhillon resigned Thursday as the Department of Justice's assistant attorney general for civil rights, sources told Fox News.
Harmeet Dhillon resigns as Justice Department's assistant attorney general for civil rights: sources (opens Fox News in a new tab)
Harmeet Dhillon resigned Thursday as the Department of Justice's assistant attorney general for civil rights, sources told Fox News.
Harmeet Dhillon, controversial head of DoJ’s civil rights division, reportedly steps down (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
Dhillon is first high-level justice department official to leave after historic Republican defeat in 2026 midterms US midterms 2026 live – latest updates Harmeet Dhillon, a Donald Trump ally who led the justice department’s civil rights division, is…
Harmeet Dhillon, DOJ's controversial civil rights chief, resigns (opens CBS News in a new tab)
Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, resigned from the Justice Department on Thursday.
Head of Justice Department office on Civil Rights resigns (opens NPR in a new tab)
The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, is out after 18 tumultuous months in charge.
Longtime Trump ally Harmeet Dhillon departing Justice Department (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Longtime Trump ally Harmeet Dhillon has resigned from her role leading the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced.
Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division resigns after GOP midterms loss (opens NBC News in a new tab)
WASHINGTON — Harmeet Dhillon, the Republican attorney who oversaw a massive overhaul of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, submitted her resignation on Thursday.
Harmeet Dhillon, California attorney who radically reshaped DOJ civil rights unit, resigns (opens Los Angeles Times in a new tab)
Dhillon has been a powerful and divisive figure inside the Justice Department since her confirmation last year as assistant attorney general.
Top US civil rights official resigns (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
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Trump Ally Harmeet Dhillon Resigns As Civil Rights Chief After Midterm Rout (opens NDTV in a new tab)
A staunch ally of President Donald Trump, Harmeet Kaur Dhillon ran her own law firm in San Francisco for several years before joining the Justice Department.
