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DOJ blocked serious ICE shooting charge over federal prosecutor’s ‘strongest possible’ objections Original
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Over the “strongest possible” objections from the federal prosecutor handling the case, leaders at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.
Trump Admin Blocked Prosecution of ICE Agent for Minneapolis Shooting
Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. This story was originally published by ProPublica.
Trump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Read the story here. By Megan Rose and Andy Mannix Over the “strongest possible” objections from the federal prosecutor handling the case, leaders at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.
Trump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections
Over the “strongest possible” objections from the federal prosecutor handling the case, leaders at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.
Trump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections
U.S. Politics Now ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says The New York Times - Alexandra Berzon, Katie Benner, Hamed Aleaziz • 1m An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge. In the wake of a hiring surge last summer, an official in charge of evaluating new recruits to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a dire warning.
Inside Trump’s failed hunt for noncitizen voters Original
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6:00 News Story Reprinted with permission from ProPublica. It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota’s U.S. attorney’s office, received an urgent email from Washington. The federal government was scrambling to find criminal cases to back up President Donald Trump’s claims that illegal voting by noncitizens was tipping the scales in American elections.
By Peter Elkind Verified, Jen Fifield Verified, Doug Bock Clark Verified, Ken B. Morales, Andy Mannix Verified
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Minnesota Reformer
How Trump’s unprecedented effort to prosecute noncitizen voters fell apart
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It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota’s U.S. attorney’s office, received an urgent email from Washington. The federal government was scrambling to find criminal cases to back up President Donald Trump’s claims that illegal voting by noncitizens was tipping the scales in American elections. Agents from Homeland Security Investigations, a massive federal law enforcement agency, had been dispatched to work leads across the country, including hundreds in Minnesota.
By Peter Elkind Verified, Andy Mannix Verified, Ken B. Morales, Doug Bock Clark Verified, Jen Fifield Verified
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Salon
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Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
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How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
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How “Forgive and Forget” Buried a Church’s Dark Secret
Description Host Jessica Lussenhop received an unusual email: A prosecutor had major concerns about a case in Minnesota. A man had pleaded guilty to felony child sexual abuse, but it seemed like the church he belonged to, the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church, might have played a part in keeping the abuse quiet. Lussenhop teamed up with reporter Andy Mannix, and they discovered this case was just a symptom of a much bigger problem in the OALC. Read the original reporting here.
Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. Then They Began Abusing Other Kids. Some Continued as Adults.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Read the story here. By Jeremy Kohler and Andy Mannix For two sisters raised in a family of 11 children that moved back and forth between Washington state and South Dakota, danger didn’t come from outsiders like they’d been warned by their church. It came from their brothers in the next bedroom. Lynn said she was still in diapers when her abuse began. Two older sisters told her how they caught one of their brothers touching her.
Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. Then They Began Abusing Other Kids. Some Continued as Adults.
For two sisters raised in a family of 11 children that moved back and forth between Washington state and South Dakota, danger didn’t come from outsiders like they’d been warned by their church. It came from their brothers in the next bedroom. Lynn said she was still in diapers when her abuse began. Two older sisters told her how they caught one of their brothers touching her. The sisters told their mother, but Lynn said her parents did nothing; the abuse continued until he was 16 and she was 10.
Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. Then They Began Abusing Other Kids. Some Continued as Adults.
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Jury Finds Home Financing Scheme That Targeted Muslims in Minnesota Violated State Law
A Minnesota home seller and financier has been found liable for violating state laws in a scheme that targeted East African Muslims with deceptive real estate deals marketed as “sharia compliant.” After a two-week trial in downtown Minneapolis, a jury sided with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office Monday afternoon in a civil case alleging that Chadwick Banken knowingly deceived home buyers through a complicated process known as “contract for deed.” The unusual real estate...
Jury Finds Home Financing Scheme That Targeted Muslims in Minnesota Violated State Law
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In this church, child sexual abuse has gone unchecked for so long that it spans generations Original
This story was first published by ProPublica. They were pillars of their church, congregants in a little-known denomination that sets itself apart from the world and teaches that even the most unconscionable acts can be wiped away — not just forgiven, but forgotten and never spoken of again. So it went in a rural Wyoming church, where a man was accused of sexually abusing young girls hundreds of times in the pews during Sunday services.
In This Church, Child Sexual Abuse Has Gone Unchecked for So Long That It Spans Generations
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In This Church, Child Sexual Abuse Has Gone Unchecked for So Long That It Spans Generations
They were pillars of their church, congregants in a little-known denomination that sets itself apart from the world and teaches that even the most unconscionable acts can be wiped away — not just forgiven, but forgotten and never spoken of again. So it went in a rural Wyoming church, where a man was accused of sexually abusing young girls hundreds of times in the pews during Sunday services. Though the preacher knew of the abuse, he never reported it to police, local prosecutors said.
Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration To Hold ICE Shooters Accountable
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. They asked nicely at first. After an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who’d recently moved to Minneapolis, local law enforcement officials requested a partnership with the federal government to investigate the case, as they’d done in past shootings involving federal agents.
Minnesota kicks off legal battle to hold ICE shooters accountable
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Minnesota kicks off legal battle with Trump administration to hold ICE shooters accountable
They asked nicely at first. After an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who'd recently moved to Minneapolis, local law enforcement officials requested a partnership with the federal government to investigate the case, as they'd done in past shootings involving federal agents. When the Trump administration refused to cooperate, Minnesota prosecutors ratcheted up their efforts.
Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration to Hold ICE Shooters Accountable
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Local & state police can investigate federal agents, but rarely do
ProPublica Local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September. This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.
Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do
2 hours ago Under Donald Trump, the US is escalating violence abroad and repression at home while facing none of the sanctions routinely demanded of other states. A global boycott and divestment campaign may now be the only nonviolent way to force accountability. Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the …
'You're not going to investigate a federal officer' • Minnesota Reformer Original
by Andy Mannix, Melissa Sanchez and Nicole Foy, ProPublica, Minnesota Reformer February 5, 2026 This story was originally published by ProPublica. Minutes after a federal agent shot and killed a Mexican immigrant in a Chicago suburb last September, a group of police officers stood on the sidewalk trying to figure out the answer to a question of protocol: Who would investigate the shooting? “Wouldn’t it be state’s, at a minimum?” one Franklin Park officer asked, according to body camera footage.
“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”
Minutes after a federal agent shot and killed a Mexican immigrant in a Chicago suburb last September, a group of police officers stood on the sidewalk trying to figure out the answer to a question of protocol: Who would investigate the shooting? “Wouldn’t it be state’s, at a minimum?” one Franklin Park officer asked, according to body camera footage. Chief Mike Witz shook his head. “No, because it’s a federal shooting,” he said.
“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”
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‘James Madison’s nightmare’: How Trump is leaning on arcane laws to advance immigration agenda
MINNEAPOLIS — To silence unrest in Minnesota, Donald Trump is threatening to reach all the way back to the early 19th century. On social media this week, Trump proposed invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy military troops into the Twin Cities to protect federal immigration agents from protesters. He softened his stance the next day, telling reporters, “I don’t think there’s any reason right now to use it. But if I needed it, I’d use it.” kAmx7 E96 AC6D:56?E H6C6 E@ >2<6 8@@5 @?
‘James Madison's nightmare': How Trump is leaning on arcane laws to advance immigration agenda
the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy military troops into the Twin Cities to protect federal immigration agents from protesters. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)" /> U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 17, 2025.
‘James Madison’s nightmare’: How Trump is leaning on arcane laws to advance immigration agenda
To silence unrest in Minnesota, Donald Trump is threatening to reach all the way back to the early 19th century. On social media this week, Trump proposed invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy military troops into the Twin Cities to protect federal immigration agents from protesters. If the President were to make good on his threat, it would mark a stunning flex of federal power with little precedent in modern history, legal experts say.
ICE agent who killed Renee Good identified, ‘nearly had his life ended,’ JD Vance says
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Jan. 7 is Jonathan Ross, the same officer who was dragged and injured by a fleeing driver in a separate incident last year, according to a person with knowledge of the case and verified by court documents. Little public information is available about Ross, described only by federal officials as “an experienced” officer with more than 10 years at ICE.
Political tribalism consumes debate over ICE shooting
MINNEAPOLIS — In the minutes after an immigration agent shot and killed a driver in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, graphic bystander videos of the incident quickly prompted dueling narratives. One side argued the videos were clear evidence the agent murdered an innocent woman. The other side said the videos definitively showed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent defending himself against a woman using her vehicle as weapon.
Political tribalism consumes debate over ICE shooting
MINNEAPOLIS — In the minutes after an immigration agent shot and killed a driver in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, graphic bystander videos of the incident quickly prompted dueling narratives. One side argued the videos were clear evidence the agent murdered an innocent woman. The other side said the videos definitively showed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent defending himself against a woman using her vehicle as weapon.
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Members of law enforcement work the scene following a suspected shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Minneapolis.
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday is Jonathan Ross, the same officer who was dragged and injured by a fleeing driver in a separate incident last year, according to a person with knowledge of the case and verified by court documents. Little public information is available about Ross, described only by federal officials as “an experienced” officer. kAm~?
Minnesota legislators say laws on failure to report child abuse need fresh look
A Minnesota senator wants to strengthen state laws meant to hold adults entrusted with children’s safety accountable for failing to report suspected child abuse, after an investigation by the Minnesota Star Tribune and ProPublica found that the leadership of a church in Duluth for years protected a child sex predator. kAm$6?] tC:? |2J6 "F256[ su{\pAA=6 '2==6J[ D2:5 D96’D 7@4FD65 @? D:EF2E:@?D H96C6 DF49 2? 25F=E 92D 4@?4C6E6 <?@H=6586 E92E 2 DA64:7:4 A6CD@? :D 23FD:?8 49:=5C6?
Lawmaker Calls for Stronger Mandatory Reporting Rules Following Our Investigation Into Church Abuse Case
A Minnesota senator wants to strengthen state laws meant to hold adults entrusted with children’s safety accountable for failing to report suspected child abuse, after an investigation by the Minnesota Star Tribune and ProPublica found that the leadership of a church in Duluth for years protected a child sex predator. Sen.
Minnesota legislators say laws on failure to report child abuse need fresh look
This story is in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. A Minnesota senator wants to strengthen state laws meant to hold adults entrusted with children’s safety accountable for failing to report suspected child abuse, after an investigation by the Minnesota Star Tribune and ProPublica found that the leadership of a church in Duluth for years protected a child sex predator. Sen.
5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into How Leaders of a Minnesota Church Community Enabled a Child Abuser
Our investigation of a little-known church community in northeastern Minnesota started with something that has become depressingly familiar: child sex abuse. ProPublica and the Minnesota Star Tribune found that some members of the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Duluth enabled Clint Massie, who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing young girls. Massie is currently in prison in Faribault, Minnesota.
Young girls were sexually abused by a church member. They were told to forgive and forget. Original
This story was first published by ProPublica in collaboration with the Star Tribune. It contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse. The girl pleaded not to go. She fought with her father on the drive over, screaming and crying in his truck until they arrived at the office building for Bruckelmyer Brothers, a home construction company on the outskirts of Duluth, Minnesota. She was just entering her first years of grade school. In the office, two men were waiting.
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