Mary Moriarty

As there should be, as there is in Minnesota, any time a state peace officer takes the life of a person, there is a complete and thorough investigation, a decision about whether charges are appropriate, and transparency.

So we are doing the investigation in tandem with our state law enforcement agency, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the BCA.

As you know, we created a public portal so that people could submit evidence because we were not receiving evidence, and I'm guessing we're not gonna receive any evidence from the feds.

And we received substantial information there that is helpful.

So the BCA continues to investigate and interview witnesses, and our hope is to gather all of the evidence that we think we can gather and then be able to make a decision about whether charges are appropriate or not, and then announce that publicly with transparency so that the public understands exactly what happened here.

Excuse me, it's not surprising because we had had conversations with both the FBI and the U.S.

Attorney's Office to make sure that there was a joint investigation with our state law enforcement agency, the BCA, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and the FBI.

they had worked together, they worked together frequently.

And so we had that worked out and then it suddenly got revoked.

And we had heard that that came from the US attorney directly.

And clearly that was on political grounds.

And so it does not surprise me at all that an FBI agent who actually was on the ground and felt that there should be an investigation

was so upset about it, and I would say probably had so much integrity, that she chose to resign.

So that part of it isn't surprising, I guess.

You know, I heard you say it's not surprising but shocking that they would then turn the investigation on Renee Good or her widow.

To me, there are a lot of things that are galling here.

And I would say to begin with, you know, this whole thing is justified because there are claims that these people, ICE, are out getting the worst of the worst, whatever that means.

I don't like that phrase.

But, you know, you've brought up some great examples of the people that they have targeted, including the elderly Hmong gentleman who is a citizen and was dragged out of his home in his boxers and his Crocs.

And the only reason he had that blanket around his shoulders was because one of his family members tried to drape it on him before he went outside into the freezing weather.