Attorney General Pam Bondi isn’t wasting time cleaning house — and this week, six federal prosecutors in Minnesota learned that walking away from law enforcement while demanding a taxpayer-funded exit comes with consequences.
Good. If they are liberal prosecutors and are self deporting from the office – perhaps NOW some of these outrageous circumstances in Minnesota will finally be prosecuted.
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The prosecutors, who had resigned in protest of the Trump Justice Department’s handling of an ICE-related shooting, were swiftly fired outright, cutting off their plans to remain on the federal payroll for months. No paid leave. No extended vacation. Just the door.
The New York Times first reported Tuesday that the group had quit over what it described as the Justice Department’s refusal to pursue a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Renee Good — a left-wing activist killed after attempting to run over an ICE agent — and its push to investigate Good herself.
But Bondi told a very different story Wednesday night on Fox News’ Hannity, where she announced the terminations in no uncertain terms.
“I fired them all. They’re FIRED from the office!”
Bondi explained that the prosecutors had abruptly decided they no longer wanted to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement — even as ICE agents continue to face violent resistance in the field.
“We had six prosecutors who suddenly decided they didn’t want to support the men and women in ICE,” she said.
“One of them was busy doing a photo shoot with The New York Times while ICE was out there risking their lives.”
According to Bondi, the situation grew more outrageous when the prosecutors attempted to resign — but only after cashing in months of taxpayer-funded leave.
“So they came, they said, we want to resign, but we want to use our annual leave up until April, meaning they wanted the taxpayers to pay for them to go on vacation because they decided they didn’t want to support law enforcement,” she added.
That request sealed their fate.
“So the breaking news tonight, I fired them all,” Bondi explained. “They’re fired from the office. And our U.S. attorney there, Rosen, he’s great, he was just confirmed three months ago.”
Fox News later confirmed that the prosecutors were positioned to receive paid leave for months before Bondi cut them loose on Wednesday — a perk they no longer enjoy.
Among those fired was Joseph Thompson, reportedly the second-in-command in the Minnesota office. The Times noted that Thompson had “strenuously objected” to Bondi’s decision not to pursue the ICE shooting as a civil rights case and was “outraged by the demand to launch a criminal investigation into” Good — despite her long record as a radical activist.
Thompson was also the prosecutor featured in a glossy New York Times photoshoot — an image that didn’t sit well with critics who say federal prosecutors should be focused on enforcing the law, not auditioning for sympathetic media coverage.
🚨 HOLY CRAP! AG Pam Bondi reveals she FIRED six DOJ prosecutors in Minnesota because they no longer supported ICE and demanded taxpayers pay for a VACATION
“I fired them all. They’re FIRED from the office!” 🔥
“6 prosecutors suddenly decided they don’t like ICE! One did a… pic.twitter.com/jJzZMU27qr
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 15, 2026
His resignation triggered predictable outrage from Minnesota’s left-wing political establishment. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz rushed to his defense, issuing an anti-Trump broadside.
“Joe Thompson is a principled public servant who spent more than a decade achieving justice for Minnesotans,” Walz said. “This is a huge loss for our state.”
Walz went further, accusing President Trump of politicizing the Justice Department.
“This is the latest sign that President Trump is pushing nonpartisan career professionals out of the Department of Justice and replacing them with his sycophants,” the governor added.
Lost in the political theatrics, however, are the grim facts of the shooting itself.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently laid out the details during a press conference, describing a dangerous and escalating confrontation that left an ICE agent fearing for his life.
Noem said Good had been “stalking and impeding” ICE agents throughout the day and ultimately “weaponized” her vehicle.
“When a mob of agitators that were harassing them [ICE] all day began blocking them in, shouting at them and impeding law enforcement operations, ICE officers and agents approached the vehicle of the individual in question [Good], who was blocking the officers in with her vehicle, and she had been stalking and impeding their work all throughout the day,” Noem said.
She continued:
“ICE agents repeatedly ordered her to get out of the car and to stop obstructing law enforcement, but she refused to obey their commands. She then proceeded to weaponize her vehicle, and she attempted to run a law enforcement officer over,” she added.
Even Thompson reportedly acknowledged that the shooting itself was justified — a fact rarely emphasized by critics of the administration.
