More resignations of federal prosecutors are expected at the US Attorney’s Office in Minnesota amid ongoing frustration over the Trump administration’s response to the fatal shooting of Renée Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
“I have heard there may be more people leaving, people I would consider senior and respected career prosecutors,” said Anders Folk, a former acting US attorney in Minnesota, who left the office in 2021 to work for the Justice Department in Washington, DC, under former President Biden.
Minnesota Federal Defender Katherian Roe, in a staffwide email obtained by the Sahan Journal, also wrote that “more resignations are anticipated” at the US Attorney’s Office. “It’s a sign that something is not right” there, added Folk, who is still in touch with colleagues in the office and is now running for Hennepin County Attorney.
Already this week, at least five federal prosecutors in Minnesota announced their resignations. Among them was the office’s second-in-command, Joseph Thompson, who was overseeing the welfare fraud investigation involving Somali immigrants that President Trump used as a pretext to send his immigration force to Minneapolis.
That’s why I mentioned damage done in a couple hours - you’re not going to be fired until you do the thing you’re being fired over. It’s not like they automatically know when someone is planning to do something they’re going to be fired over; even if they somehow immediately knew you were up to something, you could probably at least attach some sensitive documents to one email before they grab you and throw you out of the building.
There is no “damage in a couple hours.” You don’t contribute your sent home immediately and pack your bags.
Actually they would, be rather suspicious of you doing anything that isn’t leaving the office when you got fired for not backing the presidents policy.
And that email is flagged and you have the Feds breaking into your house and the property of who you emailed (WSJ Raid literal example.).
Bud, what? We’re talking about people who were working day after day without being fired who suddenly had enough and decided to leave. They weren’t in imminent danger of being fired prior to their resignation. So, the morning when they come in to turn in their (unexpected!) resignation, they do what they can to fuck things up a bit beforehand. Yeah, you’re right that the government could go after them for it if they weren’t smart enough to cover their tracks, but let’s be honest - the current government will likely go after them for leaving regardless.
No they were, the only reason not fired yet is not having been given decrees questionable just the regular stuff that one would have excepted working with the DOJ.
But now the office is topped into the ICE Raids and asked to find anything to make Good out as the villain. So now there is no keep your head down, it’s either contribute or leave.
As for going after for leaving no the administration won’t “good, makes our interest in removing those not loyal easy.” Being the thought process. Now if the resigned people pop up during any activist matters then sure, but because they are interfering.