Mass resignations at DOJ Civil Rights Division, sources say

CBS ^ | Jan. 13, 2026 | Sarah N. Lynch

[libstripper]

Several career prosecutors in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced their resignations this week shortly after they learned there would be no civil rights probe into the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal immigration agent, according to five sources briefed on the matter.

At least six prosecutors, most of whom are supervisors in the Civil Rights Division's criminal section, will be leaving their jobs. Their decision to resign was announced in a meeting to staff on Monday, the sources told CBS News.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: attorneys; doj; good; misleadingheadline; resignations; trashtakesitselfout

[libstripper]

This article is a prime example of bias. For example, Ms. Lynch writes, "Video footage shows Ross fired three rounds at the car as Good started to drive away." Not so; she drove AT the officer, who fired in self defense.

[MarlonRando]

well that’s a shame they’re hone

[HIDEK6]

I approve of all self-deportation efforts.

[Tench_Coxe]

I wouldn’t call that bias. I would call the intentional misdirection.

[freebilly]

Don’t let the door hit ya....

[KC_Conspirator]

Sometimes the trash takes itself out.

There is no reason for a civil rights case probe to start, at all.

[Skwor]

More cBS, removing bad actors from the workforce is a net positive. The shooting is still producing positive outcomes, amazing.

[Twotone]

Harmeet Dhillon said there were lots of resignations a month or two ago, as they were not willing to prosecute ‘their side.’ We really need LOTS of conservative attorneys willing to put the country first & apply for these positions.

[jdege]

I’ve seen three separate videos.

In two of them it’s absolutely clear that she was running down the officer.

Guess which video I keep seeing repeated on the news?

[ETCM]

The DOJ will be better without these people.

[kvanbrunt2]

Meanwhile they are pursuing election fraud or irregularities. I got a call yesterday from the DOJ regarding the PA mail in ballot list anomalies.

[KC_Conspirator]

A Justice Department official confirmed to CBS that leadership in the Civil Rights Division's criminal section gave notice they were going to depart under an early retirement program, and said they sought to participate "well before the events in Minnesota."

So the whole article is a lie?

[ConservativeMind]

“Several” = “Mass?”

It does, with CBS Speak.

[KC_Conspirator]

Yep, these are partisan hacks that do not seek equal justice.

[Lazamataz]

The DOJ will be better without these people.

Correct. They are the enemy.

[Tench_Coxe]

It is ‘See’BS

[Joann37]

Yes! They are self deporting!

[Opinionated Blowhard]

[blackdog]

All employed already by the closest NGO bankrolled with your tax dollars to rig elections and push socialist ideologies.

Something wicked this way comes, and it's called "bureaucrats seeking revenge against the deplorables. "

[Leaning Right]

> Several career prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced their resignations <

It’s always nice when the trash takes itself out.