High-ranking Trump confidant leaves her post after losing the Republican congressional majority
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The Republicans lost their majorities in Congress in the US midterm elections on Tuesday. Harmeet Dhillon played a leading role in the Trump administration's crackdown on elite universities and led the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
According to insiders, after the Republicans' debacle in the US midterm elections, the first prominent resignation in President Donald Trump's inner circle is looming.
Top Justice Ministry official Harmeet Dhillon will soon leave her post, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Among other things, she played a leading role in the government's measures against elite universities. Dhillon would be one of the first senior Trump administration officials to resign after Republicans lost their congressional majorities in Tuesday's election.
Dhillon is considered an important ally of the president. She headed the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department and turned the department around in Trump's interests. She ensured that the focus shifted from combating discrimination against ethnic minorities and investigating controversial police practices to issues that were a priority for Trump.
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Harmeet Dhillon, head of the civil rights division at the US Justice Department and a close Trump confidant, is resigning after the Republican congressional majority was lost. Reuters, citing two anonymous sources, said she announced her resignation in October and was frustrated by a lack of promotions.
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