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Two more DoJ officials resign, including US attorney leading inquiry into Trump rivals

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Levine, S. (2026, November 6). Two more DoJ officials resign, including US attorney leading inquiry into Trump rivals. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/06/doj-officials-resign

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The Guardian · collected 2026-11-06 · by Sam Levine

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Jason Reding Quiñones, US attorney for the southern district of Florida, and John Eisenberg, head of the Justice Department’s national security division, have both announced their resignations from the DoJ amid Democratic gains in the midterm elections. Quiñones was overseeing an investigation into alleged conspiracies against former President Trump but faced personnel issues and had not filed any charges yet. Additionally, Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the civil rights division, also resigned after being asked to stay until after election day by White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
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Jason Reding Quinones, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida who oversaw investigations into past criminal probes involving President Donald Trump, has resigned from the Justice Department, as announced by Attorney General Todd Blanche on November 6, 2026. Quiñones led a controversial investigation known as the "grand conspiracy" probe, which aimed to charge officials over conduct related to prior investigations of Trump. The resignation comes amid a series of high-profile departures from the Justice Department following Democratic wins in the midterm elections. Quinones had been tasked with investigating whether officials in previous administrations engaged in criminal conduct while overseeing probes of Trump's handling of classified documents and his campaign’s contacts with Russia during the 2016 election.

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📰 DOJ Officials Resign Over Trump Probes
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“Article A describes Harmeet Dhillon's resignation specifically, while Article B mentions multiple DOJ officials' resignations including US attorneys and a national security division leader, covering different individuals.”
NBC News
Hedges 1 of 15 claims Outlet record 72/100
“Article A focuses on Harmeet Dhillon's resignation from the DOJ Civil Rights Division, while Article B mentions multiple resignations including a US attorney for the southern district of Florida and the head of the national security division.”
Times of India
⚖️ Leans strongly right further right than this Hedges 1 of 24 claims Outlet record 59/100
“Article A discusses Harmeet Dhillon's resignation from the DOJ Civil Rights Division, while Article B mentions Jason Reding Quiñones and John Eisenberg leaving their positions in different departments within the DOJ.”
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Sam Levine
14 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 Democrats are expected to use that power to aggressively investigate executive agencies, including the justice department.
🔮 In the months leading up to the midterm elections, Donald Trump’s administration waged an aggressive effort to sow doubt about the results, intimidate voters and election officials, and signal they would use the power of the federal government to challenge the electoral process.
🔮 Had the districts been in place in 2024, Donald Trump would have won all but one by double digits.
🔮 A change in House control would give Democrats a perch to conduct robust oversight of the administration for its final two years.
🔮 The justice department has sent letters to a top Democratic election lawyer and other Democrats informing them they could be targets in a federal investigation into efforts to get an Alaska man with the same name as Republican senator Daniel Sullivan on to the ballot.
🔮 Donald Trump is waging a brazen effort to interfere with voting in this year’s midterm elections, escalating concerns that the federal government will try to slow down certification of election results – a strategy that could create chaos when the new Congress is seated next year.
🔮 “Never before in American history has the federal government, on the eve of an election, sought to coerce a state and local government to abandon their own Constitutional elections procedures and bend to the will of the Executive Branch.”
🔮 The department sent the county and California secretary of state the list last week and gave them a 48-hour deadline to segregate ballots cast from anyone on the list unless they could verify their citizenship.
🔮 The department asked officials to confirm the citizenship of anyone on the list and set aside ballots from those whose status could not be confirmed.
🔮 Voters could say they needed an overseas ballot because they were on active military service, living outside the US with an intent to return, or living outside the US and uncertain about their return.
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“The ‘grand conspiracy’ case into the lawfare against the president is essentially dead now,” Julie Kelly, a conservative commentator, posted on X. “We are grateful for Jason’s leadership in combating violent crime, drug trafficking, sex trafficking and transnational crime, including the indictment of Raúl Castro,” the US attorney general, Todd Blanche, said in a statement.
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A US attorney overseeing the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation into Donald Trump’s rivals announced on Friday he is leaving the Department of Justice, one of several officials to leave the department in recent days after sweeping Democratic wins in the midterm elections. asserted
he → oversee → elections
Jason Reding Quiñones, the US attorney for the southern district of Florida, and John Eisenberg, who led the justice department’s national security division, are both leaving. asserted
who → lead → division
Democrats have pledged to use their majorities in the US House and Senate to conduct aggressive oversight of the justice department, among other agencies. asserted
Democrats → pledge → agencies
Quiñones had been overseeing an inquiry into whether former top government officials engaged in a “grand conspiracy” to violate Trump’s rights when they investigated him after the 2020 election. asserted
they → oversee → election
Conservative allies had high hopes for the investigation, whose targets included the former CIA director John Brennan, among others. asserted
targets → have → others
But there were personnel issues and charges have not yet been filed. asserted
charges → be → ?
“The ‘grand conspiracy’ case into the lawfare against the president is essentially dead now,” Julie Kelly, a conservative commentator, posted on X. “We are grateful for Jason’s leadership in combating violent crime, drug trafficking, sex trafficking and transnational crime, including the indictment of Raúl Castro,” the US attorney general, Todd Blanche, said in a statement. asserted
general → post → statement
Eisenberg led the national security division, which oversees terrorism and espionage cases, among others. asserted
which → lead → others
Eisenberg had previously served in the first Trump administration and has been a top lawyer for the national security council. asserted
Eisenberg → serve → council
“He has served with distinction, strengthening our nation’s ability to address threats, both foreign and domestic,” Blanche said in a post on X. asserted
Blanche → serve → post
Harmeet Dhillon, the controversial head of the justice department’s civil rights division, also announced she was leaving on Thursday. asserted
she → announce → Thursday
Dhillon had sought to leave before the midterms and was asked by the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, to stay on until after election day. asserted
Dhillon → seek → day
CBS News reported on Thursday that Trump sought to dismiss Dhillon after her October appearance on 60 Minutes for not more forcefully defending efforts to prosecute non-citizens and send monitors to the polls. asserted
Trump → report → polls
Dhillon told the Guardian she submitted her resignation letter on 13 October, before the 60 Minutes interview aired, and that Wiles asked her to stay on until at least early November. asserted
Wiles → tell → November
She had also indicated to reporters in August she intended to return to private practice when she left the justice department, according to Bloomberg. uncertain
she → indicate → Bloomberg
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