Article says first name is Mary…..
You might be right after all.
Posted on 01/08/2026 9:53:44 AM PST by Red Badger
A prosecutor previously criticized for targeting law enforcement is asking to lead a probe into a shooting by an immigration agent in Minnesota.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said Wednesday that she made the demand after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a driver who drove toward him during anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis. Conservatives blasted Moriarty over the past year for giving no jail time to a Somali rapist and a Tesla vandal and for attempting to prosecute a state trooper who shot a belligerent felon.
We’re aware of the shooting at 34th and Portland. We’ve been in contact with law enforcement leaders, the AG, and the Governor’s Office, and are pushing hard for a local investigation which is the only way to ensure full transparency and review by our office.
— Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty (@HennepinAtty) January 7, 2026
“We’ve been in contact with law enforcement leaders, the [attorney general], and the Governor’s Office, and are pushing hard for a local investigation which is the only way to ensure full transparency and review by our office,” Moriarty said in an X post. “We will use every available lever to ensure a local, transparent investigation takes place.”
Moriarty’s office did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
If Moriarty charges the ICE agent, it would not be her first dispute with the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in May that it is investigating Moriarty’s office over a policy directing prosecutors to factor “racial disparities” into plea deals.
The DOJ also announced federal charges in December against a Somali national who received no jail time after pleading guilty to two rapes under an agreement with Moriarty’s office, MPR News reported. Her office also agreed not to charge him for a third rape, but in December, he once again faced local charges over a fourth rape.
“This horrific case illustrates how left-wing soft-on-crime policies and vetting failures put innocent people at dire risk. If Minnesota will not protect its own people, the Department of Justice will do it for them,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said while announcing DOJ charges.
Moriarty called Bondi’s comments “a clear attempt to politicize a sexual assault prosecution to inflict further harm on our entire Somali community.”
Previous efforts by Moriarty to prosecute a law enforcement officer were unsuccessful. Moriarty’s office charged Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan for fatally shooting Ricky Cobb during a July 2023 traffic stop, but dropped the case in June 2024 over a lack of evidence, CBS News reported. Cobb, a convicted felon, tried to flee from the traffic stop while dragging Londregan’s colleague, who was partly inside Cobb’s vehicle as it moved, before he was shot, Alpha News reported.
Moriarty, a former public defender, said in December 2024 that she will not seek reelection after her term ends in January 2027, MPR News reported.
Tell him OK — as soon as he starts an investigation of the cop who murdered Ashli Babbitt — UNARMED Ashli Babbitt.
Oh no— not Moriarty-— Holmes it’s Moriarty again! Drat!
Article says first name is Mary…..
You might be right after all.
Aghh...This one will upset the men’s locker room.
Looks like a Mike or Mark...
It’s a conundrum. That ain’t no “Mary”.
Sounds like Moriarty needs the Renee Good cure...
Pat (played by Julia Sweeney) from old SNL sister?
How is her progress going in prosecuting Somali fraud?
Like John McClain might say, “Geez Minniesomalisoda.” That dog looks like the skank that comes on just after midnight.
He’s a sanctuaryite. The Feds don’t have to give his mangy nasty butt anything. The ICE guys should already have orders not to cooperate with and local yokel minniefloozies.
“Conservatives blasted Moriarty over the past year for giving no jail time to a Somali rapist and a Tesla vandal and for attempting to prosecute a state trooper who shot a belligerent felon.”
Anyone see a pattern here?
Let her investigate all she wants. She has no authority over federal officers.
Amazing how exposing the billions of bucks in fraud brings out the left’s hysteria. Mental, they are.
Minnesota related news:
Vice President JD Vance announces a new assistant attorney general position whose entire job will be investigating fraud.
Here is how it will work:
- Primary focus will start in Minnesota and then nationwide.
- The position will “have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud.”
- Nomination for the position will be made in the next few days.
- “Senate Majority Leader John Thune ... has promised me swift confirmation for this official.”
- Will be run out of the White House under the supervision of Vance and Trump.
Actually, this is reasonable. Local law enforcement and prosecutors should always investigate a local shooting, no matter who did it.
Federal officer enforcing federal law. Sorry. No go. She’ll be tossed out of federal court.
She should Google two words:
Lon Horiuchi
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