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Dan Gooding

By Dan Gooding

Associate News Editor

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The top Department of Justice official leading efforts to investigate alleged illegal voting under President Donald Trump resigned Thursday, according to Fox News.

Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, was said to have resigned from her post, per sources speaking to Fox News, in the first major resignation from the Trump administration following Tuesday's sweeping defeat for the Republican Party in the midterms.

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Dhillon had defended efforts to find and investigate alleged noncitizen voters, which had come up against lawsuits and efforts by state leaders to keep federal officials away.

Newsweek reached out to the DOJ for comment Thursday afternoon.

This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon speaks to reporters after former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testified at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on May 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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