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DOJ hires ex-Jim Jordan staffer as civil rights chief after Harmeet Dhillon departure

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Deese, K. (2026, November 11). DOJ hires ex-Jim Jordan staffer as civil rights chief after Harmeet Dhillon departure. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4800187/doj-hires-craig-trainor-civil-rights-chief-after-harmeet-dhillon-departure/

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Washington Examiner · collected 2026-11-11 · by Kaelan Deese

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Craig Trainor, previously an aide to Representative Jim Jordan, has been appointed as the acting chief of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division following Harmeet Dhillon's resignation. This move addresses a vacancy created by Democratic gains in Congress during the midterm elections. Under Dhillon’s leadership, the division focused on obtaining state voter rolls and challenging diversity policies; Trainor will now oversee these initiatives moving forward.
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On November 11, 2026, President Donald Trump appointed Craig Trainor, the Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, to serve as Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Justice Department. This appointment came after Harmeet Dhillon resigned on November 5, and followed a brief interim period where Jesus Osete had taken over the role. Trainor’s previous experience includes serving in the Department of Education and clerking for a judge who struck down laws regarding concealed carry twice based on Second Amendment grounds. The announcement was made by Attorney General Todd Blanche via an X post.

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Civil Rights Division ORG · 1× Congress ORG · 1× Craig Trainor PERSON · 1× DOJ ORG · 1× Democrats NORP · 1× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× Harmeet Dhillon PERSON · 1× House Judiciary Committee ORG · 1× Jim Jordan PERSON · 1× the Justice Department’s ORG · 1×

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President Donald Trump tapped Craig Trainor, a former aide to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on an acting basis after Harmeet Dhillon resigned last week.
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Trainor takes over a division that Dhillon redirected toward obtaining state voter rolls and challenging diversity policies, priorities that will now fall to him.
2026-11-11 · Washington Examiner
DOJ hires ex-Jim Jordan staffer as civil rights chief after Harmeet Dhillon departure · assertive framing

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President Donald Trump tapped Craig Trainor, a former aide to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on an acting basis after Harmeet Dhillon resigned last week. asserted
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The appointment fills one of several vacancies at the DOJ since Democrats won control of Congress in the midterm elections. asserted
Democrats → fill → elections
Trainor takes over a division that Dhillon redirected toward obtaining state voter rolls and challenging diversity policies, priorities that will now fall to him. asserted
that → take → him
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