# Top US civil rights official resigns

https://mins.news/en/item/131357

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-05 19:48 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/5/top-us-civil-rights-official-resigns?traffic_source=rss

> Harmeet Dhillon, the US Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, has resigned. Her departure comes as Democrats are expected to investigate the Trump Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files and shootings by immigration agents.

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