Wave of resignations from US Justice Dept after midterms

WASHINGTON: Several senior US Justice Department officials have resigned, including its civil rights chief and a prosecutor investigating allegations of conspiracy against President Donald Trump.

US Attorney General Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for Trump, announced on Thursday that he had accepted the resignation of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon.

In this role, Dhillon was directly involved in unsuccessful attempts to obtain voter registration lists from some 30 states ahead of this week’s midterm elections that dealt heavy defeats to Trump’s Republican Party.

In her resignation letter, cited by US media outlets, Dillon said that she submitted it in October and agreed to remain in her position until the election.