MN A.G. Keith Ellison: "This directive appears to be coming from Trump himself" (blocking state ICE probe)

[Miles Archer]

Minnesota Attorney General: Trump Blocked Probe Into ICE Shooting
Keith Ellison said federal authorities stonewalled his office hours after an ICE agent killed Renee Good.
By Kevin Robillard
Jan 11, 2026, 06:00 AM EST

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/keith-ellison-minnesota-trump-ice-shooting_n_6962cd1fe4b0c587cd6bca8d

“It was at least 24 hours before people started publicly saying it,” Ellison said, declining to outline exactly how he heard about the federal denial, which occurred after an initial agreement for the FBI to work with the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to jointly investigate the shooting. “We started hearing they’re not going to release it. They’re going to exclude state authorities from the bullets, the gun, the crime scene.”

Ellison, who said he has a good relationship with federal law enforcement in his state, tried to intervene. “Can we call somebody? Can we work it out? Can we come to some understanding?” he recalled thinking, in an interview with HuffPost. When the news went public, his hopes dropped. He sent a letter to federal officials pleading with them to change their minds. He hasn’t heard back.

It wasn’t until Friday afternoon, after Ellison and the district attorney for Hennepin County held a press conference and announced they would continue with a parallel investigation, seeking more evidence from the public, that he got confirmation as to why his entreaties to officials he normally works with on a daily basis fell on deaf ears.

“This directive appears to be coming from Trump himself,” Ellison said, pointing to the president’s comments attacking Minnesota law enforcement on Friday.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Time to head to court. /nt

[Botany]

2. That is how Trump rolls. w bush, Rove, Reagan, H.W. Bush did the same things too. Republicans see themselves ...

…. as above the law. Hide the evidence, deny what just happened “didn’t really happen, if somebody is
going to give testimony that is contradictory to the Republican line blame the media for being “too liberal”
and in some cases make that person disappear.

Examples:

The Sacramento Bee had a prize winning story about Iran Contra and the importing of Cocaine and
Swiss Bank accounts. The writer of that story wound up committing suicide.

Ray Lemme of Florida’s Department of Transportation documented that dirty money that was
being used to pay for Florida 2000 and w stealing the election from Gore. Lemme got up
one day and drove to Southern Georgia, checked into a motel and committed suicide.

Bill Barr. Iran Contra & Russia putting Trump into office just stop the testimony, hide the evidence,
Shift the story to Dan Rather, his use of forged documents, and hide the Mueller Report.

Trump kills millions with his handling of the out break the C-19 virus and millions of deaths
so blame Dr. Fauci for the disease.

Trump’s ICE goons murder a 37 year old mother of 3 so have FBI agents that are loyal to Trump
get to the crime scene 1st, hide the evidence, and then change the subject.

Trump’s being a part of an international child sex ring deny it all, gets the case in front of
Trump friendly judges, have the Republicans in Congress and the D o J protect Trump.

Trump steals and sells or trades are Nation’s Top Secrets. Get the case in front of a Trump friendly
Benches such as the SCOTUS and Aileen Cannon who works for the Federalist Society and Leonard
Leo.

Trump steals from the death benefits of America Troop that were killed in Iraq via Trump University …. Pay Pam Bondi 25 K not to investigate it in Florida.

Having a Republican controlled media helps in this too. See Fox News. See the “new CBS.”

And so on and on and on.

[Hey Joe]

3. This action is in effect an admission of guilt.

They don’t feel that they have a solid case to make in favor of the ICE thug so let’s just drag it out in court.
It’s Tr💩mps MO.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. Seeing how he is directly responsible...

…I can understand Trump’s guilty reaction.