F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns [View all]
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
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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/
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