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Harmeet Dhillon resigned Thursday as assistant attorney general leading the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Attorney General Todd Blanche said he accepted her resignation and praised her service, saying she enforced the law without fear or favor.
Dhillon said she decided to leave several weeks before the midterm elections and planned to return to private legal practice. She said White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles had asked her to remain in the post until after the vote.
During her tenure, the division shifted its focus toward issues including diversity, equity and inclusion policies, transgender participation in women’s sports, religious discrimination, gun rights and election integrity. Dhillon said she had completed the work that brought her to Washington.
Her leadership also coincided with substantial staff turnover within the division. Dhillon said the division hired more than 130 lawyers to replace departing personnel.
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