Top US civil rights official resigns

New Democratic Congress expected to probe Trump Justice Department civil rights office’s handling of Epstein files and ICE killings. As President Donald Trump’s administration prepares for a flurry of congressional investigations into shootings by immigration agents and the Jeffrey Epstein files, the top official in charge of the United States Department of Justice’s civil rights division has resigned.

US Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday confirmed Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon’s departure in a post on social media. “Today, I accepted the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon,” Blanche wrote on X.

“She has defended the civil liberties of every American and enforced the law without fear or favor.” A top Trump ally, Dhillon was confirmed to her role in April 2025 and has overseen a dramatic overhaul of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, which is tasked with enforcing anti-discrimination laws. Hundreds of former Justice Department officials penned a letter last December decrying the “destruction” of the agency division under Trump.