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So, That's the REAL Story Behind Top DOJ Attorneys Leaving Amid the Minneapolis ICE Shooting
Townhall ^ | Jan 14, 2026 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 01/14/2026 12:58:17 PM PST by DugwayDuke

It's fake news that:

Multiple senior prosecutors in Washington and Minnesota are leaving their jobs amid turmoil over the Trump administration’s handling of the shooting death of a Minneapolis woman.

The departures include at least five prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis, including the office’s second-in-command, according to emails obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the matter.

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Minnesota; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: aliens; attorneys; bloggers; good; ice; learnhowtopost; media; mediots; minneapolis; minnesota; msm; shooting
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There have been multiple threads posted that DOJ attorneys are resigning in protest over the Good shooting.

It's fake. They announced their retirements prior to the shooting.

1 posted on 01/14/2026 12:58:17 PM PST by DugwayDuke
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To: DugwayDuke

Harmeet rocks.


2 posted on 01/14/2026 1:00:54 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: DugwayDuke

Do not be surprised if none of the Drive-By Media correct anything.

Perhaps they will revert to:

Fake, But Accurate


3 posted on 01/14/2026 1:15:41 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

However much you hate the lamestream lying mofos in the mainstream media, it’s not enough!


4 posted on 01/14/2026 1:18:46 PM PST by TheConservator
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To: DugwayDuke

bttt


5 posted on 01/14/2026 1:21:23 PM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: DugwayDuke

Yep. All fake news meant to sell a lie to the public. Should be sued.


6 posted on 01/14/2026 1:27:04 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: DugwayDuke

I dont remember anyone in the DOJ objecting to Michael Byrd murdering Ashlii Babbitt oh wait she supported Trump so she deserved to be slaughtered in cold blood


7 posted on 01/14/2026 1:33:18 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

I’ll be surprised if even one does correct. Saul Alinski.


8 posted on 01/14/2026 1:35:21 PM PST by ALASKA (There has to be a line we do not cross.)
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To: DugwayDuke

” The Washington Post and people familiar with”

Sources say...


9 posted on 01/14/2026 1:50:18 PM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: DugwayDuke

As a Federal retiree who took a buyout in January 2013, I suspected the lamestream media reports were untrue.


10 posted on 01/14/2026 1:58:24 PM PST by rwa265 (May the peace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be with you.)
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To: TheConservator

Yeah..... soooo sick of the lyin SOB’s.


11 posted on 01/14/2026 2:06:18 PM PST by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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To: DugwayDuke

“”””At least 6 Minnesota federal prosecutors resign amid pressure to treat Renee Good killing as assault on ICE agent
CBS ^ | 1/13/2026 | By Aki Nace, Caroline Cummings, Jonah Kaplan, Sarah N. Lynch, Michael Kaplan
Posted on 1/13/2026, 8:12:32 PM by Presbyterian Reporter””””


I posted the CBS story about DOJ resignations last night.

It seems that CBS should have had more than FIVE reporters on the story and maybe if CBS had put TEN reporters on the story, they could have simply called the DOJ to get the real facts.


12 posted on 01/14/2026 2:10:36 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

I do want to bring this tidbit regarding the MN resignations to this thread. I have seen a photo of Atty Joe Thompson and he looks to be about 50 years old. So while most of the resignations took a package, maybe Joe got a termination notice. Joe does seem to favor the Biden side. -—


From the NYT here is more information on Atty Joe Thompson.

It is obvious that his loyalties did not line up with Trump!!!!!

“””””In 2023, Thompson was assigned to the team that investigated former President Joseph R. Biden for keeping classified documents in his residence and office after his term as vice president ended. That team chose not to criminally charge Mr. Biden, having concluded that his cognitive decline would likely stand in the way of a successful prosecution.”””””


13 posted on 01/14/2026 2:16:30 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

You can read the NYT story about Thompson here-—

https://portside.org/2026-01-13/six-prosecutors-quit-over-push-investigate-ice-shooting-victims-widow


14 posted on 01/14/2026 2:20:11 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: DugwayDuke

Even if it had been true, I was still celebrating getting rid of Democrats in those positions. For they offered nothing as far as I am concerned.


15 posted on 01/14/2026 2:24:42 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

We’ve already heard Mostly Peaceful, from iHeart radio.


16 posted on 01/14/2026 2:29:15 PM PST by OKSooner (Susie is Rasputin.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter
From the NYT here is more information on Atty Joe Thompson. It is obvious that his loyalties did not line up with Trump!!!!!

"Joseph H. Thompson, the lead prosecutor on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into social services fraud in the state, served as the first assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Minnesota."

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5686881-6-minnesota-prosecutors-resign-over-doj-push-to-investigate-ice-shooting-victims-widow-reports/

Mr. Thompson worked for US Attorney in Minnesota...He did NOT work for the Civil Rights Division...I think that Assistant Attorney General Dhillon only spoke about people who worked in her office, the Civil Rights Division...I do not think that she spoke out about people who quit US Attorney's Office in Minnesota...After all, she is NOT the US Attorney in Minnesota...

I do not think that Daniel Rosen, US Attorney for Minnesota, made any comments about why some people in his office left...

I have no idea why he has not responded like Ms. Dhillon...Maybe the news report is correct...Some people in his office quit because they did not like how the shooting investigation is being done...

I do not trust liberal media all the time...But, sometimes the liberal media is correct in reporting what happened...

17 posted on 01/14/2026 2:47:07 PM PST by L.A.Justice
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To: DugwayDuke

The first article I read mentioned the shooting but kept reading...and them leaving had
“0” , nada, nothing to do with the shooting.


18 posted on 01/14/2026 3:10:57 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: DugwayDuke

The Ding Dong Daddy Press of Minneapolis / Saint Paul have mastered the art of Joseph Goebbels.

Notice how they treated the assassination of Ashli Babbitt
after Jan. 6th. Compare that to the coverage of the righteous shooting of Good.

Only Democrat cops are allowed to use deadly force.They have kinder, gentler bullets.

And they better get ready to demonstrate their use.


19 posted on 01/14/2026 4:07:54 PM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>) )
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To: DugwayDuke

False story about the attorneys leaving: “Pop the bourbon and the pop corn.’ The Left is running into the ditch.


20 posted on 01/14/2026 4:57:12 PM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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