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Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts
- Hundreds of lawyers are leaving the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division as Harmeet K. Dhillon shifts the focus to align with President Trump's agenda, according to reports from The Washington Post.
- More than 100 attorneys have resigned or announced their intention to resign, reflecting a significant turnover since the Trump administration began its second term.
- Dhillon aims to focus the division on combating antisemitism and opposing diversity initiatives, welcoming the departures of attorneys who disagreed with this new direction.
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The Independent
The Independent (US)Trump guts civil rights enforcement — and blocks a key tool against discrimination
Right-wing activist Harmeet Dhillon leads the storied Civil Rights Division while Trump orders federal agencies to stop enforcing laws that ban 'disparate impact'
New major 'clash' spawned 'one of the most contentious episodes' at DOJ: report
New reporting in The New York Times detailed a major "clash" at the Department of Justice over a Columbia University investigation that led to a rebellion on the part of prosecutors in the civil rights division. Top DOJ official Emil Bove III launched the investigation into students who "barged into...
Conservative Review
The woman behind the ‘bloodbath’ at the DOJ: Harmeet Dhillon sets the record straight
According to the left, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon is responsible for a “bloodbath” in the Department of Justice. The ACLU has claimed her record consists of restricting voting rights, transgender rights, and abortion access.Worse yet, the NAACP calls her a “grave threat to democracy.”Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Podcast” couldn’t like her more, saying, “She’s the woman who will wrestle back that one piece of the…
Media Bashes Dhillon, Ignores Her Civil Rights Div. 2A Focus
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon is focusing on the Second Amendment, and the establishment media is trying to play it down. (DOJ Office of Public Affairs image) After Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon acknowledged she is expanding the mission of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division to include a sharp focus on protecting and enforcing the Second Amendment, as noted by the Daily Caller, the establishment media we…
As the DOJ’s civil rights chief, Harmeet Dhillon sees a mass exodus of staffers
Rather than execute the Trump administration’s oppressive plans to weaponize the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division against political enemies, dozens of DOJ attorneys have chosen to walk off the job instead.
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