Key Facts

• Shumate’s resignation took effect immediately, according to sources cited by CBS News.
• Attorney General Todd Blanche praised Shumate’s work on lawsuits involving sanctuary policies and local policies affecting federal law enforcement.
• The assistant attorneys general for the national security and civil rights divisions also left their posts last week.
• The Civil Division has defended federal actions including firings of career civil servants, deportation policies, and projects directed by President Trump.
• The division has faced a surge of legal petitions from detained immigrants challenging their continued detention.
• A source told CBS News that White House chief of staff Stephen Miller had criticized Shumate as insufficiently aggressive and that this was a factor in his decision to resign.
• T. Elliot Gaiser, head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, is being considered for a federal judgeship in Texas, according to a Senate aide.