***Breaking*** Six Fed Prosecutors in MN Resign In Response to TSF Manipulation of the Good Shooting Investigation

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Per CNN

[Srkdqltr]

1. Will this help?

[AZJonnie]

5. Yeah, I don't really see how it does help, nor see why state prosecutors would quit over it

The group of feds at HQ quitting over the blatant politicization of the DoJ is one thing, I applaud that, but this move seems counter-productive, at first glance at least.

ETA: Oh, okay these are actually US Attorneys, not "MN prosecutors" as I'd read the headline initially. My bad. Still don't like it.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

19. It could help

As now they are free to testify of attempted manipulation of the investigation.

[AZJonnie]

20. Fair enough. If that happens, I will revisit my calculus :)

[Bev54]

26. I think it could be good, these now very experienced civil rights attorneys can now

work for those whose rights are being trampled against a much diminished civil rights DOJ. The tables have turned, it is no longer the government looking out for peoples civil rights, it is now the people that must fight the government for their rights.

[newdeal2]

6. Nope

Hasn’t led to a slowdown of abuse in DC, for example.

I don’t know what the right thing to do here is, except don’t comply with illegal orders.

[Torchlight]

23. By what measure?

Collectively probably very little. Ethically it probably assists them quite a bit.

[Dave Bowman]

2. Nice to see some people with principles for a change.

[malaise]

14. THIS

Rec

[RandySF]

3. I have mixed feelings about this.

I appreciate their stand but we lose more of the few remaining staff with consciences.

[ancianita]

24. If they stayed, they'd be complicit in /tainted by what amounts to DHS lawlessness. Their leaving leaves DHS totally

weak in the courts. Why?

Because federal judges are talking across the country; by now they can easily handle these cases well enough to adhere to facts and law, no matter who steps up to "prosecute."
Leaving maintains a huge, clean pool of federal prosecutors who will know what and how to bring cases against these lawless govt agencies when third parties with federal standing bring lawsuits.
That's a good thing.

In the long run it makes more sense for good, qualified, experienced prosecutors to refuse the lawless gaming going on with DHS, and preserve their ethical/legal standing as counsel, than to go along to get along with at-scale lawless DOJ duplicity.

[Prairie Gates]

4. What good does that do? Don't we need prosecutors who are arrayed against MAGAfascism?

[Ocelot II]

11. They are leaving because they were being required to support MAGAfascism.

[leftstreet]

7. I'd rather see a headline saying they were FIRED

Meh

[Justice]

8. Correct or delete post. Fed prosecutors located in MN

[MineralMan]

9. It is FEDERAL prosecutors who have resigned, not state.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/01/13/at-least-6-minnesota-doj-prosecutors-resign-after-request-for-probe-into-renee-goods-widow/

County prosecutors in MN are elected and are called County Attorneys. These resigners are DOJ prosecutors.

This is why including a link to stories you post on DU is important. That or using Google to fact check before posting.

[irisblue]

10. Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim's Widow-NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/prosecutors-doj-resignation-ice-shooting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.9koA.r5deA9feaRqx

I am paywalled out.

[Ocelot II]

12. No paywall link here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/prosecutors-doj-resignation-ice-shooting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.mBXB.Si5VqobVKhnn&smid=url-share

Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior Justice Department officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday.

Mr. Thompson, 47, a career prosecutor, objected to that approach, as well as to the Justice Department’s refusal to include state officials in investigating whether the shooting itself was lawful, the people familiar with his decision said.

The Minneapolis police chief, Brian O’Hara, said in an interview that Mr. Thompson’s resignation dealt a major blow to efforts to root out rampant theft from state agencies. The fraud cases, which involve schemes to cheat safety net programs, were the chief reason the Trump administration cited for its immigration crackdown in the state. The vast majority of defendants charged in the cases are American citizens of Somali origin.

“When you lose the leader responsible for making the fraud cases, it tells you this isn’t really about prosecuting fraud,” Mr. O’Hara said.

[irisblue]

13. Thank you thank you thank you

[lostnfound]

15. Oh sh** Quit to protest investigating victim's WIDOW?

No bar too low, there is no bar

[irisblue]

22. No there is no limit. The devils are in the DOJ& DHS & hell is empty

[mysteryowl]

16. Joe Thompson, U.S. Attorney who prosecuted Minnesota fraud, resigns with other senior members

Joe Thompson, U.S. Attorney who prosecuted Minnesota fraud, resigns with other senior members
https://democraticunderground.com/10143598011

[aeromanKC]

17. Independant investigation, State investigation and or Civil litigation.....

You cannot tell me the DOJ can prevent all judication in this murder.

[RockCreek]

18. Where do legal and professional standards and expectations fit into this?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. Four leaders of the Civil Rights Division at the DOJ have resigned after decision not to investigate murder of Good

[Alpeduez21]

25. I've never understood this

They’ll just be replaced with maga pieces of shit.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. Top prosecutors in D.C., Minneapolis leave amid turmoil over shooting probe

Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office left after pressure to investigate the widow of a woman slain by an ICE officer.

Top prosecutors in D.C., Minneapolis leave amid turmoil over shooting probe
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office left after pressure to investigate the widow of a woman slain by an ICE officer. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

— Jersey Craig (@jerseycraig.bsky.social) 2026-01-13T20:59:41.970Z

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/13/justice-department-civil-rights-resignations/

Multiple senior prosecutors in Washington and Minnesota are leaving their jobs amid turmoil over the Trump administration’s handling of the shooting death of a Minneapolis woman.

The departures include at least five prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis, including the office’s second-in-command, according to emails obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the matter.

Their resignations followed demands by Justice Department leaders to investigate the widow of Renée Good, the 37-year-old woman killed last week by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot into her car, according to two people familiar with the resignations who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concern for retaliation. Good’s wife was protesting ICE officers in the moments before the shooting. Prosecutors also were dismayed over the decision by federal officials to exclude state and local authorities from the investigation, one of the people said.

Five senior prosecutors in the criminal section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division also said they are leaving, according to four people familiar with the personnel moves who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters.

The departures strip both the Civil Rights Division’s criminal section and U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota of their most experienced prosecutors. The moves are widely seen as a major vote of no-confidence by career prosecutors at a moment when the department is under extreme scrutiny......

“This exodus is a huge blow signaling the disrespect and sidelining of the finest and most experienced civil rights prosecutors,” said Vanita Gupta, the head of the division during the Obama administration and the associate attorney general during the Biden administration. “It means cases won’t be brought, unique expertise will be lost and the top career attorneys who may be a backstop to some of the worst impulses of this administration will have left.”