Matt Sepik

Senator Amy Klobuchar, also a Democrat and a former prosecutor herself, says DOJ is politicizing the investigation into goods killing.

Assistant Attorney General Todd Blanch says in a short statement, quote, there is currently no basis for a criminal civil rights investigation.

The DOJ tells me ICE is running its own investigation that's parallel to, quote, any FBI investigation.

But the same source not authorized to speak on the record calls that a lie and says ICE is not investigating the shooting.

Top Justice Department officials have been pushing the Minnesota U.S.

Attorney's Office to investigate Becca Good.

She is the widow of Renee Macklin Good, the woman killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last week.

The investigation allegedly centers around any possible ties to activist groups she may have.

That, of course, is protected First Amendment activity.

The Trump administration maintains that the agent was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed Macklin Good, but video evidence contradicts claims that she presented a threat.

Democratic U.S.

Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar say in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi that excluding state authorities from the investigation, quote, raises serious questions about its objectivity.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is asking the public for any evidence that they may have of the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good.

But Moriarty concedes that the FBI controls key evidence that she'd need to make a charging decision.

Vice President J.D.

Vance says, quote, a bunch of radicals in Minneapolis should have no part in the investigation.

For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.

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