F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

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Source: New York Times

F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the Justice Department’s handling of the shooting of Renee Good.


Police and federal agents at the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis this month. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

By Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush
Jan. 23, 2026
Updated 6:02 p.m. ET

An F.B.I. agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis this month has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The agent, Tracee Mergen, left her job as a supervisor in the F.B.I.’s Minneapolis field office after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the immigration officer, Jonathan Ross, according to one of the people. Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings.

Ms. Mergen’s resignation was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the Justice Department’s handling of the shooting of Renee Good, an unarmed mother who was killed on Jan. 7 as she was behind the wheel of her Honda Pilot.

After the incident, several Trump administration officials described Ms. Good as a “domestic terrorist,” accusing her of trying to ram Mr. Ross with her vehicle. But a video analysis by The New York Times showed no indication that he had been run over.

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Ernesto Londoño contributed reporting.

Alan Feuer covers extremism and political violence for The Times, focusing on the criminal cases involving the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and against former President Donald J. Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/alan-feuer

Glenn Thrush covers the Department of Justice for The Times and has also written about gun violence, civil rights and conditions in the country’s jails and prisons.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/glenn-thrush

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/fbi-agent-ice-shooting-renee-good.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.feA2

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

https://www.joemygod.com/2026/01/fbi-agent-quits-after-being-pressured-to-discontinue-civil-rights-inquiry-into-killer-ice-agent-jonathan-ross/

[Phoenix61]

1. I have mixed feelings about this.

I understand her resigning but I also understand sticking around to throw sand in the gears.

[erronis]

3. I hear that a lot. I don't think the "sand in the gears" approach really works that well

when it's a 50 car train loaded with explosives traveling down the track at 100mph.

I know we all hope there are courageous souls still in some of these key agencies that can same us. The cabal that put trump and his cohorts in place were pretty good at eviscerating the operational parts.

[flashman13]

6. Resigning in this situation is the right thing to do. It's the honorable thing to do.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. If she had stayed, she would have been fired for insubordination. NT

[paleotn]

4. Ross can never, ever, EVER be allowed to escape this.

ICE goon should be the last paying job he ever has.

[mn9driver]

5. Looks like a "resign or be fired" situation.

Their pension is probably at risk if they speak out.

[Tasmanian Devil]

7. Public hearing?

This is a person I'd like to see before congress in an open hearing.

[riversedge]

8. I agree, but IF there is ever a public hearing, I fear it will be Years from now.