Fed. Prosecutors Resign After Trump DOJ Push To Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow: Report

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Three senior federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned this week following disagreements with the Justice Department over its handling of the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good, according to The New York Times.

Those who stepped down include Joseph H. Thompson, the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota, along with senior prosecutors Harry Jacobs and Melinda Williams.

Thompson was leading major fraud prosecutions in Minnesota.

The resignations followed pressure from Justice Department officials to pursue an investigation into Good’s widow while declining to involve state authorities in reviewing the shooting itself, people familiar with the decision told the Times.

The Times reported that the prosecutors objected to shifting investigative focus toward the victim’s family and to the federal government’s refusal to allow state participation in determining whether the shooting was lawful.

The departures come amid growing public outrage over Good’s death and ongoing protests in Minnesota and elsewhere, as federal authorities continue to lead the investigation without state oversight.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is escalating its immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, announcing plans to send roughly 1,000 additional federal officers to the Twin Cities on top of an already massive deployment of 2,000.

Read more at the New York Times.