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    Top Lawyer For Civil Rights At Justice Department Leaving After Roughly 6 Months

    Thomas Wheeler led the Justice Department's civil rights unit through a period of transition. He told lawyers he never intended to stay in the job permanently.
    by Carrie Johnson Jul 28, 2017 1 minute
    An exterior view of the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. / Drew Angerer / Getty Images

    Thomas Wheeler, who has been leading the Justice Department's civil rights unit, informed staffers there Thursday that he would be leaving the post, according to two sources familiar with the communication.

    The job put Wheeler, an Indiana lawyer

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