# Harmeet Dhillon resigns as head of DOJ Civil Rights Division

https://mins.news/en/item/131215

- CNN, 2026-11-05 18:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/05/politics/harmeet-dhillon-justice-departments-civil-rights-resigns?Date=20261105&Profile=CNN

> Harmeet Dhillon has resigned as head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. She is the first senior official to leave the Trump administration after the midterms.

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