US EditionSix Minnesota US Attorneys Resign Over DOJ Handling of Renee Good ICE Shooting
Six senior prosecutors resigned over DOJ's refusal to include state investigators and its focus on probing the widow instead of the ICE agent who shot Renee Good, sources said.
- On Tuesday, six federal prosecutors resigned from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota, including veteran Joseph Thompson and several career prosecutors, in abrupt departures.
- DOJ directives prompted pushback from career prosecutors after the department refused a civil‑rights probe and reportedly pushed a criminal inquiry into Becca Good, sidelining the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
- Footage shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross filming with one hand and firing three shots as Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot while appearing to drive away on January 7.
- Minnesota officials asked for an independent review after federal limits on evidence access, with Tim Walz calling Joseph Thompson a principled public servant and Brian O'Hara warning the resignations raise credibility questions.
- Joseph Thompson had been the lead prosecutor in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud case and also oversaw probes into 14 Minnesota state-run Medicaid programs, while at least four Civil Rights Division senior lawyers resigned recently amid leadership disputes involving Harmeet Dhillon.
232 Articles
232 Articles
Federal prosecutors resign amid turmoil over Minnesota ICE shooting investigation
Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division have given notice of their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, according to people familiar with the matter.
Resignations at Minnesota Federal Attorney General's Office intensify after Renee Good's murder during an ICE operation in Minneapolis
What's happening with federal probe into ICE killing of Renee Good?
Several high-ranking officials who investigate fatal shootings by law enforcement officers for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have reportedly resigned over the department's refusal to investigate Renee Good's killing by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent last week in Minneapolis.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 62% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
