The head of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division resigns following the midterm elections.
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the resignations of several high-ranking U.S. Justice Department officials on Friday. Among those departing are Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the Civil Rights Division, as well as Assistant Attorneys General John Eisenberg and Jason Reding Quinones. These departures follow several prosecutors being thanked since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.
- Todd Blanche announced the resignations of Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Eisenberg and Jason Reding Quinones.
- Harmeet Dhillon was involved in failed attempts by the ministry to obtain voter lists from thirty states.
- Harmeet Dhillon resigned as head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on Thursday.
- Several prosecutors were thanked since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.
- Several senior U.S. Justice Department officials have resigned.
- Dhillon sent approximately 1,000 DOJ election monitors to polling sites in all 50 states.
- Jason Reding Quinones oversaw an investigation into former intelligence officials.
- James Comey was indicted in April for allegedly threatening Mr. Trump’s life.
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