Thus far, six Justice Department prosecutors resigned in the wake of the decision to go after the family of slain Minneapolis mom, Renee Nicole Good. Now it appears more might be forthcoming.
Of the six prosecutors who quit, three were with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. The office has been overwhelmed with cases while ICE continues to arrest Americans and take undocumented immigrants into custody.
Mother Jones reported that Minnesota knows more prosecutors will flee.
“I have heard there may be more people leaving, people I would consider senior and respected career prosecutors,” said former acting U.S. attorney Anders Folk.
In an email obtained by the Sahan Journal from Minnesota Federal Defender Katherian Roe, “more resignations are anticipated” at the US Attorney’s Office. “It’s a sign that something is not right,” there. Folk still speaks with old colleagues of the office and is now running for office to become Hennepin County Attorney.
In the mass resignations seen this week, the prosecutors were told to investigate Good's wife for her role in the shooting and many refused.
There were also five resignations this week by those working in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in D.C. The Washington Post reported it was part of a unit that investigated police killings.
In the Minnesota office, there were fewer than 30 prosecutors left, which is less than half of what staffing should be.