GOP Goes All-Out to Prevent Accountability for Agent Who Shot Renee Nicole Good

"The head of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), the state's investigations agency, said that federal officials are barring the office from accessing any evidence necessary to investigate the killing. Despite initially agreeing to conduct the investigation jointly with the BCA on Wednesday morning, the U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI changed course that afternoon. As the Trump administration was furiously spinning lies about the shooting, the BCA was informed that the FBI would assume sole responsibility for the probe."

"The FBI said that the BCA would "no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation," said BCA Superintendent Drew Evans. "Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands. As a result, the BCA has reluctantly withdrawn from the investigation," Evans said."

Minnesota officials reported that federal authorities barred state investigators from participating in the investigation of an ICE agent's killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) was initially told it would conduct a joint probe with the U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI, but federal partners reversed course and the FBI assumed sole responsibility. BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said the state agency was denied access to case materials, scene evidence, and investigative interviews and therefore could not meet statutory investigative standards. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the decision by asserting that state investigators lacked jurisdiction.

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