3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Three senior Minnesota federal prosecutors, including Joseph H. Thompson, resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Nicole Good, who was killed by an ICE agent, and its reluctance to investigate the shooter.
- Thompson, the second in command at the U.S. attorney’s office, objected to the criminal probe of the widow and the Justice Department's refusal to involve state officials in assessing the legality of the shooting.
- Two other senior prosecutors, Harry Jacobs and Melinda Williams, also resigned; Jacobs was Thompson’s deputy overseeing a major fraud investigation involving safety net program schemes primarily affecting Somali defendants.
- The resignations come amid heightened tensions and public outrage following Good’s killing, which sparked protests in Minnesota and
