Global Politics Report Editorial
Leader of DOJ’s Civil Rights Unit Spars With Harvard, the Left and Her Colleagues
Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights unit, has extracted flashy agreements and personnel moves from big universities and sought to force states to turn over confidential voter data.
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Source: The New York Times
Politics desk: Election
Published: Aug. 31, 2026 at 01:39 PM ET
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Original source: The New York Times