The attorney who helped bring federal charges against dozens of defendants accused of defrauding Minnesota of billions in taxpayer dollars resigned from the Justice Department. Joe Thompson, who served as Minnesota’s acting U.

Several federal prosecutors have resigned from the U.S. Attorneys Office in Minnesota. Joe Thompson, a Trump appointee, was among them. The resignations followed reports of Justice Department pressure to investigate the widow of Renee Good.

Joseph “Joe” Thompson and six other senior Minnesota prosecutors resigned over the DOJ’s decision to investigate Renee Good’s widow while declining to probe the ICE agent who killed her. Thompson objected to excluding state authorities and warned the move undermined trust and derailed major fraud investigations amid a sweeping immigration crackdown.