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April 29, 2025

Trump Appointee Harmeet K. Dhillon Leads Gutting of DOJ's Civil Rights Division
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Over two-thirds of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division staff
are expected to leave their jobs, accepting a resignation offer as the
Trump administration moves to drastically reshape the agency. The new
director of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Harmeet K. Dhillon, has
ordered employees to turn their attention to combating antisemitism,
anti-Christian bias and so-called woke ideology. As part of the
division's overhaul, senior positions overseeing the Justice
Department's work on voting rights have been removed, and attorneys have
been directed to dismiss all active cases.


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