Trump administration stopped sharing evidence in Good and Pretti killings, Minnesota officials say
State officials say in court filings that the federal government has stopped sharing evidence with Minnesota authorities who are investigating the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers. Attorneys for the Justice Department argued this week that it’s within their discretion to decline to share information with state authorities. Minnesota officials sued President Donald Trump’s administration in March for materials they said they needed to investigate the shootings during Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis earlier this year. State prosecutors announced in July that the federal government had begun turning over key evidence in the cases. But Minnesota investigators said the transfer of evidence stopped soon after the July announcement. The federal government has stopped sharing evidence with Minnesota authorities investigating the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers, according to state officials. Minnesota officials had sued the Trump administration in March for access to materials they claimed they needed to independently investigate the shootings. The Trump administration has suggested that state prosecutors lack jurisdiction to investigate federal officers. The state is still seeking the cell phones of the officers involved in both shootings and recordings of key interviews.
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The federal government has stopped sharing evidence with Minnesota authorities who are investigating the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers, state officials said in recent cour... [784 symbols]
