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Ocelot II

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3. Maybe he resigned because he was told not to cooperate with the BCA.

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 02:03 PM

5 hrs ago

Thompson was also the acting AG in charge of the Boelter prosecution (the guy who murdered Melissa Hortman), and Harry Jacobs was one of the actual prosecutors. Thompson had been with the US attorney's office for years; he's not known to be a Trump sycophant, and that's probably why he's gone.

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