The midterm election wipeout has led to personnel changes in the Trump Administration, starting with the departure of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, who will be replaced by Stephen Miller. Additionally, Harmeet Dhillon stepped down last week as head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
Now, a report says another top Justice Department staffer is stepping down. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the personnel change on social media on Monday.
According to The Daily Mail, Brett Shumate, the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, is out.
🚨 BREAKING: ANOTHER MAJOR DOJ RESIGNATION
Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate, head of the Civil Division, is OUT.
AG Todd Blanche confirms his departure, marking the FOURTH major DOJ resignation since Trump’s devastating midterm defeat. https://t.co/P4gK9AbPZr
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) November 9, 2026
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Per Blanche, Shumate “pursued important affirmative litigation to challenge sanctuary policies and delivered key wins in lawsuits against local policies that endangered federal law enforcement” and also “secured historic settlements to end illegal corporate DEI practices.”
Harmeet Dhillon had been Shumate’s boss at DOJ, the Daily Mail said. Other DOJ departures, including those of John Eisenberg, assistant attorney general of DOJ’s National Security Division (NSD), and US Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones, of the Southern District of Florida, had also followed the GOP’s midterm election defeat last week.
Legal experts discussed the DOJ shakeup on social media:
NEWS: Brett Shumate is out at DOJ.
This is a big one. Shumate has led the Civil Division, which includes the Federal Programs Branch that does major defense work for the administration and affirmative litigation, since his confirmation last year.
— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) November 9, 2026
Another big loss for DOJ today, Brett Shumate of the Civil Division, who handled many of the department’s responses in court over the past year and a half or so.
I am hearing that DOJ is restaffing quickly, with more than one interview taking place with Blanche this week.
— Kaelan Deese (@KaelanDC) November 9, 2026
BREAKING TOP DOJ HAS RESIGNED!
Another Trump administration official has resigned following the midterm elections.Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that he has accepted the resignation of Brett Shumate, who headed the Department of civil division. Shumate fold in the footsteps of 3 other justice Department officials who have departed since Tuesdays election.
— SANTINO (@TheRealSantino) November 9, 2026
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