# The DOJ Official Who Spent 19 Months Terrorizing Colleges Is Resigning

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-doj-official-who-spent-19-months-terrorizing-colleges-is-resigning/
- Published: 2026-11-06T00:23:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T01:37:59+00:00
- Original publisher: Mother Jones (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/the-doj-official-who-spent-19-months-terrorizing-colleges-is-resigning/
- Topics: Americas, Business, Companies, Politics, World

## Key points

- Harmeet Dhillon plans to leave the Justice Department after the midterms.
- She led more than 100 investigations involving colleges.
- More than 300 campuses have changed or ended DEI policies.

## Summary

Harmeet K. Dhillon, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, plans to resign after the US midterm elections, reportedly because she was frustrated at not receiving a promotion. Her departure follows 19 months in which she led an aggressive campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion policies at colleges, a shift critics say has altered the division’s civil rights mission.

Since taking office in April 2025, Dhillon said she had opened more than 100 investigations into university admissions and campus antisemitism. The article says more than 300 campuses have since ended or changed DEI policies, while Dhillon’s department sued Harvard twice in six weeks and opened investigations at the University of Virginia that preceded its president’s resignation. She is the first senior official to leave after Democrats’ strong midterm results.

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