Harmeet Dhillon resigns as DOJ Civil Rights Division head

• Harmeet Dhillon resigned from her position as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.
• Dhillon is a Trump ally who led the department's civil rights unit.
• She is the first high-level Justice Department official to resign following the Democrats' midterm election victory.
• Dhillon reportedly made the decision to resign weeks before the midterm elections but was asked to delay her departure until after the election.
• Dhillon handled several key investigations during her tenure, including probes of U.S. universities, hate crimes at houses of worship, and election integrity efforts.