Harmit Dillon resigned Thursday as the U.S. Department of Justice's assistant attorney general for civil rights, according to Fox News. Dillon, who took office in April 2025 and oversaw the department's civil rights division, resigned following Republican defeats in the midterm elections, though no reason was given.

Harmit Dillon resigned Thursday as the U.S. Department of Justice's assistant attorney general for civil rights, according to Fox News. Dillon, who took office in April 2025 and oversaw the department's civil rights division, resigned following Republican defeats in the midterm elections, though no reason was given.