Three Senior Trump Administration Officials Resign After Midterm Election Setback

Three senior officials in US President Donald Trump’s administration have resigned following a major setback for the Republican Party in the country’s midterm elections.

The US Department of Justice disclosed the resignations on Friday, November 6.

Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal lawyer and the current attorney general, said on Thursday that he had accepted the resignation of Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights.

Dhillon was directly involved in an unsuccessful effort to obtain voter registration lists from nearly 30 states. The initiative was pursued around the time of this week’s midterm elections, in which Trump’s Republican Party suffered a major defeat.

Several US media outlets have published Dhillon’s resignation letter. In the letter, she said she had submitted her resignation in October but agreed to remain in office until the election.

On Friday, Blanche also announced the resignations of John Eisenberg, assistant attorney general for national security, and Jason Reding Quiñones, the US attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

Quiñones had been overseeing investigations into several former intelligence officials whom Trump accused of attempting to remove him from power.

During Trump’s administration, the Justice Department has pursued cases against several individuals whom he considered political opponents or enemies. Several prosecutors have also lost their jobs after being unwilling or unable to bring charges in cases.

In a high-profile case brought by the Justice Department, former FBI director James Comey was indicted in April. He was accused of threatening Trump’s life through an Instagram post featuring photographs of seashells.