Top US civil rights official resigns

Author: Evan SemonesPublished on: November 5, 2026Country: United States

PoliticsCrime & Law

Harmeet Dhillon, head of the US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, has resigned, Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed on Thursday. A Trump ally confirmed to the role in April 2025, she oversaw a major overhaul of the division, which enforces anti-discrimination laws. Dhillon is the first senior Trump administration official to resign since Democrats won both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections. Democratic Representative Robert Garcia has pledged investigations into alleged abuses by ICE agents and the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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