Top DOJ Civil Rights Enforcer Resigns After Midterm Catastrophe

Harmeet Dhillon has resigned as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the US Justice Department’s civil rights unit, becoming the first high-profile Trump administration official to leave after the midterm elections. She said the role had been an honour and cited work on diversity, equity and inclusion policies, women’s sport and religious discrimination; Attorney General Todd Blanche praised her public service.

Dhillon said she had resigned three weeks earlier and that Susie Wiles had asked her to wait until after the midterms to announce it. She took up the post in April 2025 after a party-line Senate confirmation vote. During her tenure, she pursued investigations into university admissions and hiring practices and sued several states seeking voter registration information to identify possible noncitizens; the article reports Democrats had flipped seven Senate seats and dozens of House seats.