Top US civil rights official resigns
Summary
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has resigned, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on social media. Dhillon led the Justice Department’s civil rights division, which faced criticism over its overhaul and its reported decision not to investigate two fatal shootings by immigration agents in Minneapolis.Key Facts
- Blanche said on Thursday that he had accepted Dhillon’s resignation.
- Dhillon was confirmed as assistant attorney general in April 2025.
- She oversaw changes to the Justice Department’s civil rights division, which enforces anti-discrimination laws.
- Hundreds of former Justice Department officials criticized the division’s overhaul in a letter last December.
- The article says Dhillon told staff that her office would not investigate the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
- Democratic Representative Robert Garcia said he plans to pursue investigations into ICE agents’ conduct and the Jeffrey Epstein files.
- Garcia alleged that Dhillon intervened to block questions about President Trump’s connection to the release of Epstein-related files.
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