Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division have given notice of their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, according to people familiar with the matter.
The resignations follow growing tensions over a decision by the Trump administration to block the state out of...
ICE shooting: US prosecutors quit over handling of probe into Renee Good’s killing
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