Trump Upends DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Sparking 'Bloodbath' in Senior Ranks
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 94
Apr 23m 2025
What Happened: Trump has dismantled the DOJ Civil Rights Division, purging career lawyers and replacing them with political loyalists. Under new leadership by Harmeet Dhillon—a 2020 election denier—the division now prioritizes anti-trans policies and attacks on DEI in education over protecting voting rights or combating systemic discrimination.
Why It Matters: This isn’t civil rights enforcement—it’s the weaponization of the DOJ to wage culture war and suppress civil rights protections. Trump has turned the Civil Rights Division into an engine for authoritarian grievance politics.
ADDENDUM FROM TREY TUSK:
-Career officials are melting down.
The Trump administration has forced out a majority of career managers and implemented new priorities.
-More than a dozen senior lawyers have been reassigned.
-Some have resigned in frustration after being moved to “less desirable roles unrelated to their expertise.”
-The
division is now charged with pursuing priorities laid out in a series
of Trump’s executive orders, including “Keeping Men out of Women's
Sports” and “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling.”
-Dhillon’s
memo outlines new priorities, including “Defending Women From Gender
Ideology Extremism,” “Restoring Merit Based Opportunity” and
“Designating English as the Official Language of the United States.”
-The
“Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias” task force will be a focus. “The
Biden administration engaged in an egregious pattern of targeting
peaceful Christians while ignoring violent, anti-Christian offenses,”
Pam Bondi said at a meeting of the new task force.
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