US EditionCivil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts
- The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is experiencing a significant workforce reduction, with an estimated 70% of employees participating in a 'deferred resignation' program, as confirmed by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who stated more than 100 attorneys had opted in.
- The division's new mission, described by Dhillon, focuses on dismantling diversity efforts, challenging transgender protections, and investigating antisemitism and anti-Christian bias.
- Matthew B. Ross described the staff departures as a 'mass exodus' that could reverse progress in modernizing law enforcement, indicating serious concerns about the impact on civil rights.
- Harmeet Dhillon criticized outgoing staff for choosing not to follow the department's new priorities, asserting that the focus will now be on enforcing civil rights laws without 'woke ideology'.
21 Articles
21 Articles
Trump Appointee Harmeet K. Dhillon Leads Gutting of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
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 positi…
DOJ's Civil Rights Division Attorneys Resign En Masse Rather Than Enforce Trump Priorities
More than 100 lawyers have resigned from the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division after newly appointed chief Harmeet Dhillon refocused the agency on enforcing President Trump’s executive priorities rather than progressive causes. Key Facts: Harmeet Dhillon, appointed by President Trump, is now leading the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. Over 100 attorneys have resigned after being informed the division’s priorities would shift away from progressive activi…
Trump DOJ Decimates The Civil Rights Division And All It Stood For
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. The Destruction: Civil Rights Edition If you know, you know. The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has for nearly seven decades been at the forefront of some of the department’s most historically significant work. As a backstop to disenfranchised Americans in the South and minorities nationwide, the Civil Right Division h…
DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Sees Mass Exodus of Attorneys
Lawyers have resigned from the Department of Justice‘s Civil Rights Division en masse as its mission has shifted to promote President Donald Trump‘s agenda, according to the newly appointed head of the division. “No one has been fired by me … but what we have made very clear last week in memos to each of the 11 sections in the Civil Rights Division is that our priorities under President Trump are going to be somewhat different than they were und…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 40% of the sources lean Left, 40% of the sources lean Right
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
Ownership
To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage
