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Six Federal Prosecutors Resign Over DOJ Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim's Widow

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4mo ago· 2 min readenNews

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Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned in protest after the Justice Department pushed to investigate the widow of Renee Good, an ICE shooting victim. The prosecutors objected to what they saw as an inappropriate investigation into the widow's supposed ties to activist groups. Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota, was among those who resigned over the matter.

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Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned on Tuesday over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good, an ICE shooting victim
Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned
The Justice Department sought to examine the woman's supposed ties to activist groups
The prosecutors objected to what they saw as an inappropriate investigation
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Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.

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