Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate of the Justice Department’s civil division has resigned, marking the fourth high-level DOJ resignation since the midterm elections last Tuesday.
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Shumate’s resignation on X this morning.
“Today I accepted the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate of the Civil Division. Under his leadership, the Division pursued important affirmative litigation to challenge sanctuary policies and delivered key wins in lawsuits against local policies that endangered federal law enforcement. The Division also secured historic settlements to end illegal corporate DEI practices and shuttered dozens of clinics which were providing so-called ‘gender affirming care’ to minors,” Blanche said.
“We are grateful for Brett’s service at DOJ and wish him continued success.”
Today I accepted the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate of the Civil Division. Under his leadership, the Division pursued important affirmative litigation to challenge sanctuary policies and delivered key wins in lawsuits against local policies that endangered federal law enforcement. The Division also secured historic settlements to end illegal corporate DEI practices and shuttered dozens of clinics which were providing so-called “gender affirming care” to minors. We are grateful for Brett’s service at DOJ and wish him continued success.
— Attorney General Todd Blanche (@AGToddBlanche) November 9, 2026
This comes after three other resignations, starting with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon last Thursday.
Blanche also announced that US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Quiñones and Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Eisenberg resigned over the weekend.
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