A group of senior prosecutors resigned from the Justice Department this week. They didn't leave quietly. It wasn't over paperwork. The prosecutors walked because Trump's DOJ refused to investigate what may be one of the most serious excessive-force killings by a federal agent in decades.
Renee Good is dead. Video evidence contradicts ICE's story about her death. But, instead of doing what the Justice Department has always done, sending in the Civil Rights Division, Trump's administration slammed the door shut on the case. Meanwhile, Trump's FBI has begun digging into Good's past, apparently attempting to smear her name while shutting local Minnesota authorities out of the investigation.
This is not a judgment call. This is a cover-up.
When career officials resign en masse, they're sounding an alarm. They're telling us the rule of law is being bent to protect power—and to shield a brutal immigration enforcement regime from scrutiny.
The New Republic is not backing down. We're exposing exactly how federal power is being abused in plain sight. But this kind of reporting takes resources—and it takes readers who refuse to look away.
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