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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If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State. Thank you for you attention to this matter! President DJT
If “Insurrection Act” is the answer to citizens pushing back on ICE tactics, we’re not talking about law enforcement anymore. We're talking about federal supremacy over a state.
Also: this is the same posture you see in the recent clip where the President mouths “f*** you” and flips off a heckler at the Ford plant. Not “strength”. It's contempt for the idea that citizens can object.
Source (TMZ clip): https://www.tmz.com/watch/donald-trump-middle-finger-01-13-2026/
Real question: what’s the limiting principle? If a state or city doesn’t “obey,” do we just escalate from financial surveillance → federal surge → Insurrection Act?
The U.S. hasn’t “won” the trade war with China, and strategic pressure is rising; it isn’t facing imminent insolvency, but higher debt and interest costs are tightening room to maneuver; China’s export controls on refined rare earths don’t incapacitate the U.S. military, but they do create bottlenecks that can degrade readiness and surge capacity over time; in that climate, Trump is using aggressive tactics to gain and hold power, leaning on crisis framing and institutional pressure; and the oldest move returns: scapegoating minorities and stoking division to justify “exceptional” measures like emergency powers, expanded policing, reduced accountability, and, if unchecked, erosion of democratic constraints.
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