The Unraveling of the Justice Department How a Minneapolis Shooting Sparked a Crisis of Conscience Within U.S. Law Enforcement By Steve Raines January 2026
> “We weren’t asked to enforce the law. We were asked to enforce obedience.” – Former DOJ Official* A Department in Revolt What began as a fatal shooting on a gray Minneapolis morning has now torn open the moral core of the U.S. Department of Justice. When an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good public outrage was predictable — but what followed inside the DOJ was not. Within days, a wave of resignations swept through the department: six federal prosecutors from the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office and four senior officials from the Civil Rights Division in Washington. Their reason, captured in internal memoranda and confirmed by multiple sources: political interference from the Trump administration that sought to shield the shooter and target the victim’s widow. The Catalyst: A Killing and a Cover-Up The first cracks appeared in early January. Internal communications from the Minneapolis office show that Deputy Attorney General ...