Days of demonstrations against immigration agents and a new lawsuit have left Minnesota tense. Federal authorities used tear gas on Monday to break up crowds of whistle-blowing activists.

Federal prosecutor Joe Thompson, who led the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud investigation, has resigned from Minnesota's U.S. Attorney's Office.

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - At least a dozen federal prosecutors have indicated plans to leave the U.S. Justice Department over the Trump administration's handling of the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by a U.S. immigration officer and other civil rights cases, according to three people familiar with the situation.

At least six attorneys have left the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Joe Thompson, who took the lead in prosecuting fraud in state government programs.

After a weekend of protests decrying the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, hundreds of additional federal agents are being deployed to Minnesota.

Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division have given notice of their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.

Several career prosecutors including Trump-appointed former US attorney reportedly resign in face of DOJ demands

Wes Phillips was with Kevin O'Connell during their time with the Los Angeles Rams. Phillips took over the offensive coordinator job in 2022. During his three seasons in Minnesota, the offense has declined in yards each season, with this season ranking 28th in yards.

John Blackwell buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer and scored 27 points to help Wisconsin overcome an 11-point second-half deficit to beat Minnesota for a 10th straight time, 78-75.