Overview
- At least five federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned this week, including deputy Joseph H. Thompson, and five senior prosecutors in the DOJ Civil Rights Division in Washington also stepped down.
- Former acting U.S. attorney Anders Folk and Federal Defender Katherian Roe said more resignations are expected at the Minnesota office.
- The Justice Department has defended ICE officer Jonathan Ross and directed prosecutors to investigate Renée Good’s wife, while a New York Times frame-by-frame review indicates Good was steering away when she was shot.
- The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was excluded from the federal probe, limiting state investigators’ access to evidence.
- With staffing depleted and more than 2,400 arrests tied to Operation Metro Surge, the office is relying on military JAG attorneys, and the Pentagon is planning to send about 25 more.