Critics see 'monumental shift' in Trump remaking of DOJ civil rights division

The Trump administration has shifted staff and undertaken a series of policy changes at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division that current and former staff say strike at the heart of its mission.

Justice Department leadership has in recent weeks directed attorneys to focus on priorities laid out in executive orders from President Trump, such as “Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports” and “Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias.”

It’s a departure for a division that under former...