Harmeet Dhillon is the first senior official to leave the Trump administration after the US mid-term elections
Harmeet Dhillon resigns as US Civil Rights Chief: Harmeet Dhillon, head of the US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, has resigned from her post. She is the first senior official to leave the Trump administration after the US mid-term elections.
In a post on X, Dhillon called the role as the ‘honour of a lifetime’ and thanked Trump for giving her the opportunity.
US Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Dhillon’s resignation on Thursday (local time), acknowledging her contributions to the department and her leadership of the Civil Rights Division.
‘Today, I accepted the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who led the Civil Rights Division with conviction the past 18 months. She has defended the civil liberties of every American and enforced the law without fear or favor,’ Blanche said in a post on X.
The department is grateful for her dedicated public service, and we wish her every success in her future endeavours, Blanche added.
Born in Chandigarh into a Punjabi Sikh family, Dhillon moved to the US with her parents after they initially spent time in London.
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A lawyer by profession, she ran a law firm in San Francisco and was closely associated with Trump even before joining his administration. Her firm was part of his 2020 election campaign’s legal team. Dhillon became a prominent supporter of the Republican leader and regularly appeared on conservative podcasts and social media platforms.
