***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 :)

[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