Alex Wagner
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I actually think in addition to George Floyd and that unfolding in Minnesota, the involvement potentially of Somali immigrants in all of this, the sort of racial underpinnings that sort of color the dynamic in Minnesota right now.
He loves speaking ill of immigrants and brown people, and they're both there in Minnesota.
I mean, I think this case is in many ways why he's been most recently attracted to the state.
And now the guy that pursued the case that was leading the investigation has left.
Does that derail that case a little bit?
I mean, not that I'm a fan of fraud.
The way in which there's clear partisanship that's like โ the judicial system is being employed for partisan political gain and entire communities are being painted with a broad brush and really โ
dileterious way, in a really bad way, in a really divisive and cruel way.
That is the not good part of this case.
Pursuing justice for fraud is a good thing.
But, sorry, to my original question, how does that affect the pursuit of this case and the prosecution of this case?
Then there's the case itself, you know, independent of who they're interviewing and who they're harassing, whether it's Renee Good's widow or her child or any of the other people who are family members of the victim here.
There's the fact that the FBI is shutting out Minnesota police and their investigative agencies.
The FBI taking over the entire investigation, how unusual is that from a legal perspective?
Of course, like all my 9-11 happened 120 years ago.
Yeah, of course, DHS was created to solve that problem.
And it's just been recreated single-handedly by the Trump administration.