The investigation is the latest twist in an escalating showdown between Minnesota officials and the administration of President Donald Trump over immigration raids in the state, including the operation where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot dead Renee Good, a mother of three and a US citizen. Governor Walz confirmed the DOJ investigation in a statement on Tuesday, describing the move as political theatre.
Don't say his name! Noem said. I mean, for heaven's sakes we shouldn't have people to continue to dox law enforcement when they have an 8000% increase in death threats against them. His name is public, Brennan replied. I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said, Noem responded. She went on to claim that, people have attacked him and his family, and they are in jeopardy.
In the final moments of a tense, marathon interview on CNN's State of the Union Sunday, Tapper played Jan. 6 footage and compared it to the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Those are law enforcement officers being physically attacked, Tapper said of the Jan. 6 officers. By this standard, would any of those officers be justified in shooting and killing the people causing them physical harm? Noem's answer suggested that she believes the Capitol police would have indeed been justified in shooting Jan. 6 rioters.
But the BCA issued a statement Thursday morning saying that the US attorney's office had reversed course: the investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation. Hennepin county attorney Mary Moriarty, an elected Democrat and the county's prosecutor, clarified at a press conference Friday that the BCA
