{"id":231904,"date":"2026-04-06T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/privacy-official-resigns-at-dojs-civil-rights-division-as-trump-menaces-midterms\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:40:26","slug":"privacy-official-resigns-at-dojs-civil-rights-division-as-trump-menaces-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/privacy-official-resigns-at-dojs-civil-rights-division-as-trump-menaces-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy official resigns at DOJ\u2019s Civil Rights Division as Trump menaces midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Privacy official resigns at DOJ\u2019s Civil Rights Division as Trump menaces midterms<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ms.now\/opinion\/privacy-official-resigns-at-dojs-civil-rights-division-as-trump-menaces-midterms<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-06 16:23:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.ms.now<\/a><\/p>\n

An official in charge of privacy issues at the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division, which oversees voting rights laws, resigned last week as the Trump administration continues to pursue sensitive voter data for its voter suppression efforts.<\/p>\n

NPR reported Friday on the resignation of Kilian Kagle, who worked in the division led by far-right lawyer Harmeet Dhillon:<\/p>\n

Kilian Kagle was the chief FOIA officer and senior component official for privacy for DOJ\u2019s Civil Rights Division before leaving his post in recent days. His resignation has not been previously reported. For nearly a year, the DOJ has been making unprecedented demands for sensitive voter data from most states \u2014 including voters\u2019 driver\u2019s license numbers, partial Social Security numbers, dates of birth and addresses \u2014 that some say violate privacy law.<\/p>\n

In the past year, President Donald Trump has suggested that \u201cwe shouldn\u2019t even have\u201d midterm elections in 2026 and that Republicans should \u201ctake over\u201d elections in parts of the country controlled by Democrats. And to help implement his autocratic ambitions, the president has installed election-denying zealots at the Justice Department, which has demanded sensitive voter information from states to feed into the administration\u2019s error-prone SAVE voter eligibility tool. More than a dozen Republican-led states have complied with the demand, while other states\u2019 attorneys general are suing in court \u2014 with good reason.<\/p>\n

Kagle confirmed his departure to NPR but declined to comment. Neither Kagle nor the Justice Department responded to MS NOW\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\tJa’han Jones\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJa\u2019han Jones is an MS NOW opinion blogger. He previously wrote The ReidOut\u00a0Blog.\t\t<\/p>\n

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