Harmeet Dhillon, Crusader Of Trump’s Civil Rights Enforcement, Resigns From DOJ

Harmeet Dhillon is leaving her post as head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Daily Wire · Fox News, Fox News and the Daily Caller report. The departure comes just days after Republicans took heavy losses in the midterms, and the Daily Caller calls her the first high-profile official to exit the Trump administration since then.

The outlets differ on the timing. Fox News reports that Dhillon says she told White House chief of staff Susie Wiles three weeks before Election Day that she wanted to return to private practice, and that Wiles asked her to hold off until the voting was over. Fox News says her letter is dated November 5. Dhillon said she was not pushed out, and the Daily Caller repeats that denial. Fox News adds that she came to Washington after her husband and father died.

Attorney General Todd Blanche credited her with defending Americans' civil liberties. The Daily Wire says she targeted race-based admissions, fought antisemitism on campuses, and enforced the ban on men in women's sports. The Daily Caller and Daily Wire both note lawsuits against states over voter registration data.

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