# Four senior US Justice Department officials leave after midterms

- By: Newsline Post Newsroom
- 2026-11-09T22:11:21.000Z

## Excerpt

On 9 November 2026, US Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the resignation of Brett Shumate, head of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice. It is the fourth senior official to leave since the midterm elections, after Harmeet Dhillon, John Eisenberg and Jason Reding Quiñones. Sources do not give the reasons.

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