Over 100 attorneys are walking away from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the message from Washington is loud and clear: don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Harmeet Dhillon, the fearless new head of the division, pulled no punches in an interview with Glenn Beck:
“We don’t want people in the federal government who feel like it’s their pet project to persecute police departments or people praying outside abortion clinics,” Dhillon said. “The job here is to enforce federal civil rights laws, not woke ideology.”
For years, under Biden-era leadership, the Civil Rights Division had become a weaponized arm of leftist activism, launching investigations based on politics instead of principles, crusading for sanctuary cities, pushing junk science in transgender inmate cases, and sidestepping the real crises facing Americans. Now, the swamp is draining itself—and Dhillon is perfectly happy to speed them along with generous severance packages that pay them to leave.
The exodus comes as Trump’s newly fortified Justice Department undergoes its first major overhaul, part of the president’s “Make America Fair Again” push to restore equal justice under the law. Trump, speaking beneath the same seal where Merrick Garland once launched political witch hunts against him, didn’t mince words:
“We are turning the page on four long years of corruption, weaponization, and surrender to violent criminals.”
For Trump, the fight is personal—and principled.
“Freedom, justice, and democracy won, and above all, the American people won,” he declared, before jabbing directly at Biden and Garland for what he called the “heinous betrayal” of using the law as a political bludgeon.
In his remarks, Trump pulled no punches. He described the federal cases against him as “bulls*”**, breaking his promise to avoid bad words in front of Melania—but with the roar of a crowd that knows what’s at stake.
As part of his Justice Department restructuring, Trump has elevated a trusted cadre of legal heavyweights to key posts, including Pam Bondi, his former impeachment trial defender, now overseeing the fight to “zealously defend” the presidency. Bondi personally escorted Trump through the department, showing him his newly installed official portrait—a symbolic moment marking a new era of justice.
The shift is not just about cleaning up a broken department. It’s about fundamentally restoring the American people’s trust in their government.
Gone are the days when the DOJ spent its time targeting parents at school board meetings, harassing pro-life protesters, or twisting civil rights law to serve radical social agendas. Under Dhillon’s leadership, the Civil Rights Division is getting back to basics: protecting real civil rights, fighting real discrimination, and standing with law enforcement, not vilifying it.
