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Miles Archer

(23,353 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 05:32 PM 18 hrs ago

Trump considering demoting Associate A.G. Stanley Woodward & elevating controversial "loyalist" Harmeet Dhillon

rump is targeting the department's No. 3 official while promoting one of his most ardent loyalists, sources told CBS News Saturday. The expected changes would demote Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward while elevating Harmeet Dhillon, currently head of the Civil Rights Division, to one of the department's top roles.

Dhillon has been one of the most controversial figures at Trump's DOJ since taking over the Civil Rights Division.

More than 75 percent of its attorneys fled over the past year, accepting buyouts or early retirements rather than serve under her leadership. Over 200 former division attorneys signed an open letter accusing her of destroying an office created by the landmark 1957 Civil Rights Act, legislation enacted to dismantle Jim Crow segregation and protect Black Americans' voting rights.

Under Dhillon, the division launched investigations into DEI policies at universities, sued to ban transgender athletes from women's sports, and aggressively pursued voter registration data from dozens of states. She also created a new gun rights section and killed consent decrees with Minneapolis and Louisville police departments despite findings of systemic constitutional abuses.


https://www.rawstory.com/trump-doj-2676665995/

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Trump considering demoting Associate A.G. Stanley Woodward & elevating controversial "loyalist" Harmeet Dhillon (Original Post) Miles Archer 18 hrs ago OP
He's setting up the chain of succession for a run of "acting" AGs. CincyDem 18 hrs ago #1
Harmeet Dillon at the Civil Rights Division was a plant designed to destroy that division, much like the appointment of jls4561 17 hrs ago #2
I bet she put Indian on her college Henry203 17 hrs ago #3

jls4561

(3,149 posts)
2. Harmeet Dillon at the Civil Rights Division was a plant designed to destroy that division, much like the appointment of
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 05:44 PM
17 hrs ago

Clarence Thomas to the EEOC during the St Ronnie the Senile administration.

It’s probable that swamp thing and FOP (friend of pedos) Blanche will get the top spot, so Drumph will need a nasty, vile attack
creature in the 2 or 3 position.

I guess he is trying to get all this done before midterms, in case his plot to block the election of anyone with integrity fails.

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