Harmeet Dhillon, controversial head of DoJ’s civil rights division, steps down
Summary
Harmeet Dhillon resigned as assistant attorney general after leading the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division for about 18 months. The article says the division shifted its work under her leadership, while many career lawyers left and several of its lawsuits over voter-roll data failed in court.Key Facts
- Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Dhillon’s resignation and thanked her for her service.
- Dhillon was the first high-ranking Justice Department official to leave after Democrats took control of Congress in the midterm elections, according to the article.
- Under Dhillon, the division dropped many cases alleging discrimination in voting, housing, employment and education.
- The article reports that more than three-quarters of the division’s lawyers left during her tenure.
- The division pursued discrimination claims involving universities, including claims about admissions and antisemitism.
- The division investigated the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good by federal agents in Minnesota; the article says neither case resulted in criminal charges.
- The Justice Department sued more than two dozen states for voter-roll information and lost each case, the article reports.
- Before joining the government, Dhillon ran a law firm, served as vice-chair of the California Republican Party and worked on lawsuits contesting the 2020 election results.
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