Summary
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon resigned, Attorney General Todd Blanche said Thursday. Dhillon led Justice Department efforts to monitor midterm elections in all 50 states; the department has not said whether other senior officials will leave during the lame-duck period.Key Facts
- Todd Blanche announced Dhillon’s resignation on Thursday.
- Dhillon served as assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department.
- Blanche praised Dhillon’s work in a post on X and said the department was grateful for her service.
- The article describes Dhillon as the first senior Justice Department official to resign after Democrats’ midterm election victories.
- Dhillon led the department’s effort to monitor midterm elections in all 50 states for the first time in U.S. history.
- The Justice Department sent approximately 1,000 election monitors, according to the article.
- Before joining the Justice Department, Dhillon founded Dhillon Law Group and the Center for American Liberty.
