Harmeet Dhillon, Trump ally and head of DOJ civil rights unit, resigns
The Globe and Mail · Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Andrew Goudsward ·
During her tenure, she led investigations to pressure dozens of universities the administration viewed as too liberal
U.S. Justice Department official Harmeet Dhillon, who reshaped the agency’s civil rights unit to pursue Trump administration priorities including voter data requests and gun rights cases, has resigned, Attorney-General Todd Blanche said on Thursday.
Dhillon is among the first senior officials to leave the administration after Tuesday’s midterm elections, in which Democrats retook both chambers of Congress.
Dhillon, a Trump ally, oversaw an overhaul of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, which has historically enforced laws protecting voting rights and fighting racial discrimination. Under her leadership, the division shifted focus toward challenging diversity initiatives and investigating antisemitism on college campuses, leading to probes of several elite universities.
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