Thompson has been at the center of the national debate around fraud in Minnesota and has claimed that billions have been stolen from tax payers.
Joe Thompson, the leading federal prosecutor and public voice on uncovering rampant fraud around Minnesota, has resigned from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to represent the United States and this office,” Thompson wrote in an email obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune. He does not give any reason for his resignation or any indication of where he is going next.
Thompson was appointed acting U.S. Attorney of Minnesota by President Donald Trump in May of 2025 and served in that role for six months until Daniel Rosen took office as U.S. Attorney last October. He was the lead prosecutor in the massive Feeding Our Future food fraud case.
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Early reporting (which, to be clear, needs confirmation) is that he was being pushed to open an investigation into the widow of the woman ICE murdered.
That’s a shocker