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.

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    14 hours ago

    First of all let’s go ahead and disabuse you of the notion that whistleblowing against corrupt corporations is the same as standing up to fascism. That’s an absurd comparison.

    What more proof do I need than the entire history of fascism? Where are these examples of fascism being brought down by internal destruction? In the history of fascism if it’s not brought down by an external War then it lasts for decades. So I think the track record for your hypothesis is rather poor. Shouldn’t you be the one providing proof? Proving that resisting fascism from within works?

    The sad truth is that during fascist regimes a lot of people work for the fascist because it’s easy. They’re just cogs in the wheel. And staying a cog helps the wheel turn.

    The CIA isnt protecting you from fascism. They are directly responsible for its continued existence.