Harmeet Dhillon has pushed out hundreds of longtime attorneys, replaced many with inexperienced ideological allies, and used the division's enforcement powers to pursue the president's agenda.
<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5264x3509+0+0/resize/5264x3509!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9b%2F4e%2F2c2f0cb3427e9b27690da4edd19d%2Fgettyimages-2290391709.jpg' alt='Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the US Department of Justice, during an interview in Washington, D.C., in August 2026.'/><p>Harmeet Dhillon has pushed out hundreds of longtime attorneys, replaced many with inexperienced ideological allies, and used the division's enforcement powers to pursue the president's agenda.</p><p>(Image credit: Al Drago)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-145063' />
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