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Federal Prosecutors Are Resigning in Droves

The DOJ is facing an unprecedented wave of exits across the country

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Andrea Jones-Rooy
Feb 27, 2026
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At least 14 federal prosecutors in Minneapolis, and several more in Washington, DC, have resigned or announced their intention to resign in the weeks following the killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

Not only are these departures unprecedented — the office doesn’t normally experience th…

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