Joe Thompson was the acting U.S. Attorney of Minnesota appointed by President Donald Trump who uncovered massive fraud in the state.

The Trump administration’s efforts to investigate Renee Good and others around her, and not the ICE officer who shot her in Minneapolis, is wreaking havoc on the US attorney’s office in Minnesota, which is leading the probe.

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.

One of those prosecutors was identified as Joe Thompson, a U.S. Attorney who prosecuted Minnesota fraud, by the Star Tribune. Thompson resigned along with other senior members, the report said. Newsweek reached out to the DOJ by email Tuesday for comment.

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said the state lawsuits brought against President Donald Trump's ICE crackdowns have no legal standing on "CNN News Central" Tuesday.

WCCO has documented multiple instances where ICE has detained and, at times, physically harmed American citizens in Minnesota since Operation Metro Surge began.

Minnesota’s Department of Human Services is appealing a decision by the administration of President Donald Trump to withhold more than $2 billion in Medicaid funding from the state in 14 programs deemed to be at high risk for fraud.