Federal investigators are digging into the activist connections of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis mother shot dead by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, while the agent himself appears to be off the hook.
That's according to a New York Times report Monday evening, in which sources said criminal charges against Ross were increasingly unlikely, though that could change as the investigation unfolds.
Instead, federal investigators are looking into possible ties Good has to activist groups speaking out against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
The investigation into Minneapolis protesters is notable as it "has the potential to involve people not accused of committing any violence or even those without a close connection to Ms. Good," the report added.
President Donald Trump has called Good and her wife "professional agitators" and demanded that authorities "find out who's paying for it" — without offering any evidence.
Trump and aide Stephen Miller have repeatedly painted immigration crackdown critics as a shadowy, violent conspiracy. The administration has charged alleged "antifa cells" in Texas and California, accused of plotting bombings, but the Minneapolis investigation marks a potential escalation as it could target people with no direct involvement in violence.
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has not opened an investigation into whether Ross violated Good's constitutional rights and isn't expected to, according to the report.