# Harmeet Dhillon resigns as Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights: sources

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/harmeet-dhillon-resigns-as-justice-departments-assistant-attorney-general-for-civil-rights-sources/
- Published: 2026-11-05T15:51:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T22:09:59+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harmeet-dhillon-resigns-justice-departments-assistant-attorney-general-civil-rights
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Harmeet Dhillon is leaving the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
- She says she decided to resign weeks before the midterm elections.
- About 300 lawyers left the division during her tenure.

## Summary

Harmeet Dhillon is resigning as head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, saying she chose to leave to return to private practice. She said she told White House chief of staff Susie Wiles of her decision three weeks before the midterm elections and agreed to delay her departure until afterwards.

Dhillon submitted her resignation on 5 November, after about 19 months in office. Appointed by Donald Trump and sworn in in April 2025, she oversaw a major shift in the division’s priorities and a period of substantial staff turnover: about 300 lawyers left, while she said she recruited more than 130. Attorney General Todd Blanche accepted her resignation and praised her public service.

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