UPDATE: President Trump Plans to Nominate Harmeet Dhillon as Associate Attorney General

On Saturday, it was rumored that President Trump was considering giving Harmeet Dhillon a big promotion.

If you missed it, here’s our original report:

REPORT: Trump Admin Considers Promoting Harmeet Dhillon to Top DOJ Role

Now, that report has been confirmed by a source who spoke to The Daily Wire.

According to this source, President Trump will nominate Harmeet Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General -- the No. 3 spot at the DOJ.

The former Assistant Attorney General, Stanley Woodward, has stepped down.

Check it out:

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump plans to nominate Harmeet Dhillon as Associate Attorney General of the United States, per Daily Wire’s @MaryMargOlohan

This would make @HarmeetKDhillon NUMBER 3 at the DOJ.

The previous officeholder, Stanley Woodward, resigned earlier today, Daily… pic.twitter.com/gHYwOh3jD6

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 5, 2026

Backup here if needed:

The Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan says that the nomination will be coming this week:

SCOOP: President Donald Trump plans to nominate @HarmeetKDhillon to be DOJ’s Associate Attorney General this week, @realDailyWire has learned. Source familiar also says Stanley Woodward, who previously held the position, resigned earlier on Saturday.

— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) April 5, 2026

As for who will serve as Pam Bondi's permanent replacement, we don't know yet.

It doesn't seem like President Trump is in a rush to make a decision and is happy with Todd Blanche serving as the acting AG for now.

The Daily Wire has more:

The president plans to nominate Dhillon to be associate attorney general, a move up from her position as the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, a source familiar said on Saturday evening. Stanley Woodward, who held the leadership position, resigned from the department earlier on Saturday, the source said.

The move marks a major move up the Justice Department ranks for Dhillon, who was sworn in as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division in April 2025.

The news comes amid reshuffling of top DOJ officials following the president’s decision to remove Bondi. Trump met Bondi before his Wednesday evening speech and told her that she was being replaced, The Daily Wire reported earlier this week.

Todd Blanche is serving as the acting attorney general, and could remain in that role for quite some time, a source familiar with the president’s thinking shared on Saturday, noting that the president has no plans to nominate anyone else right at this time.

Trump has been said to be ruminating over appointing Lee Zeldin to the role, and conservatives close to the president have floated the likes of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Utah Sen. Mike Lee, and Dhillon herself.

Any thoughts?