{"id":4940,"date":"2025-12-10T04:15:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4940"},"modified":"2025-12-10T04:15:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:15:50","slug":"former-us-justice-department-staff-says-civil-rights-division-destroyed-civil-rights-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4940","title":{"rendered":"Former US Justice Department staff says civil rights division \u2018destroyed\u2019 | Civil Rights News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Ex-employees say the Trump administration has rolled back enforcement of civil rights law in favour of the president\u2019s priorities.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 9 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">9 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A group of more than 200 former employees at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) have signed an open letter decrying the \u201cdestruction\u201d of the agency\u2019s civil rights division under President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, published online on Tuesday, states that the Trump administration has turned the division\u2019s primary mission of defending civil rights \u201cupside down\u201d, leading to an exodus of employees.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cEvery election brought changes, but the fundamental mission of our work remained the same. That\u2019s why most of us planned to stay at the Division following the 2024 election,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut after witnessing this Administration destroy much of our work, we made the heartbreaking decision to leave \u2014 along with hundreds of colleagues, including about 75 percent of attorneys. Now, we must sound the alarm about the near destruction of DOJ\u2019s once-revered crown jewel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division was first created in 1957, in part to combat codified segregation and discrimination against Black people in the southern part of the US, during what was known as the Jim Crow era.<\/p>\n<p>The division has also investigated and penalised patterns of discrimination in areas such as housing, policing and voting rights.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump and his allies have often depicted efforts to address racial inequality as a form of discrimination targeting white people.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s letter from the former Justice Department employees says that the Civil Rights Division\u2019s focus has shifted to issues aligned with Trump\u2019s own priorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than rigorously evaluating the evidence to pursue only the most egregious cases, they demanded that we find facts to fit the Administration\u2019s predetermined outcomes,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>The letter cites Attorney General Pam Bondi\u2019s decision to drop a lawsuit initiated under former President Joe Biden to challenge restrictions on voting access in the state of Georgia. It also points to the dismissal of another suit concerning alleged sexual abuse of unaccompanied migrant and asylum seeker children.<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, the Civil Rights Division has also backtracked on previous reports that highlighted abuses at several police departments across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Bondi and Dhillon have responded to the letter by saying that they are safeguarding the agency\u2019s traditional mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts strong enforcement record on a wide range of priorities \u2013 including safeguarding our elections, ending burdensome consent decrees, and rooting out anti-Semitism and race-based admission on college campuses \u2013 is historic,\u201d a spokesperson said in response to the letter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-employees say the Trump administration has rolled back enforcement of civil rights law in favour of the president\u2019s priorities. 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