The top federal prosecutor on the Minnesota fraud case has reportedly resigned on Tuesday, the New York Times first reported.
Joseph H. Thompson, the lead prosecutor on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into social services fraud in the state, served as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) reacted to the news on Tuesday, calling Thompson a “principled public servant” in a post on the social platform X.
“Joe is a principled public servant who spent more than a decade achieving justice for Minnesotans. This is a huge loss for our state,” Walz wrote. “It’s also the latest sign Trump is pushing nonpartisan career professionals out of the justice department, replacing them with his sycophants.”
The Times reported that Thompson and five fellow federal prosecutors resigned over the DOJ’s attempts to investigate the wife of the woman killed by a federal officer last week and lack of interest in investigating the officer who shot her.
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