A decision by FBI Director Kash Patel to alter the investigation into the shooting death of an innocent 37-year-old mom in Minneapolis by an ICE agent on Wednesday was greeted skeptically on MS NOW on Thursday afternoon.
According to host Anna Cabrera, the controversial FBI director has ordered his agency to assume total control over what has been described as the murder of Renee Good, who was shot in the face at point-blank range by the agent who has yet to be identified.
Cabrera noted that the local law enforcement has been surprisingly banned from interviewing witnesses who saw the shocking shooting and its aftermath.
According to national security correspondent David Rohde, the move by Patel is stunning and likely to create a firestorm of suspicion.
“The statement, according to the Minnesota state investigators, is that the FBI reversed course, that this initially was going to be a joint investigation,” Rohde explained. “And now they've said the FBI will handle it themselves. That is very unusual. If you look at the Butler [PA.] assassination attempt on President Trump, that was a joint investigation. The killing of Charlie Kirk, That's a joint local and federal investigation. And that's how most investigations like this go forward. There are sources and resources that local law enforcement has that the federal government doesn't.”
“So this is very, very unusual. And, you know, there'll be a lot of questions about why is FBI Director Kash Patel doing this on his own? And what prompted this?” he suggested.
“To be honest, given the politically charged environment, that's just going to cause more suspicion, more partisan division,” he added. “And I think it's really bad. One of the positive things about law enforcement investigations are when they are transparent and that doesn't appear to be happening here.”