Minnesota prosecutor says federal immigration agents can be charged despite immunity claims
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After two immigration enforcement protesters were killed in Minnesota, Hennepin County’s top prosecutor disputes claims that federal agents have “absolute immunity” from prosecution.
After two U.S. citizens — Renee Good and Alex Pretti — were shot and killed in Minnesota earlier this month while protesting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, the incidents are raising questions about whether any federal agents involved could face charges.
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Vice President JD Vance has suggested that federal immigration officers have “absolute immunity” from prosecution — remarks he later walked back. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty told Scripps News that she has the authority to charge anyone who commits a crime in her jurisdiction.
“My job as a prosecutor is to be as objective as I can,” Moriarty said. “It’s not to make conclusions the way the [Trump] administration has been, you know, making conclusions about what happened here. It is to collect all of the evidence and then see whether charges are appropriate.”
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