Overview
- At least six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned, including Joseph H. Thompson and Harry Jacobs, according to sources cited by CNN.
- Multiple reports say the resignations followed pressure to investigate Renee Good’s widow rather than the ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, who fired the shots.
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said there is currently no basis for a criminal civil-rights investigation into the shooting.
- An initially planned joint inquiry with Minnesota authorities was reversed as the FBI took sole control and excluded the DOJ Civil Rights Division, an uncommon move.
- Cellphone video from the shooting surfaced via a conservative Minnesota outlet, and President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem defended the agent’s actions, which local officials dispute.