Reaction was swift and brutal online after news broke that the Department of Justice sought to investigate Minnesota mother Renee Good for criminal liability even after her death – a move that elicited an “extremely rare” judicial rejection.
According to a report in MS NOW, aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shift a civil rights investigation into Good’s fatal encounter with law enforcement toward a criminal probe of the deceased woman. A federal judge ultimately rejected the proposed warrant, despite the low standard of evidence needed, the report noted.
Social media users quickly reacted Friday night and appeared stunned and outraged.
“A judge had to inform these sick freaks that you can’t conduct a criminal investigation into a dead woman,” political commentator Krystal Ball, a former MSNBC host, told her followers on X.
“There is no bottom with these people,” investigative reporter Ali Winston added in his own social media post.
Author Jennifer Aaron Valent wrote in an X post that the country is being run by “an administration of lawless fools.”
“That should put some DOJ prosecutors in jail,” senior economist Dean Baker posted Friday. Attorney Robin J. Leader wrote bluntly, “This is absolutely disgusting. The DOJ has been completely corrupted by this President and Administration.”
Writer Keith Murphy added, “Shocking. This would devastate most administrations....But Trump's is so wildly corrupt that it's like a walk in the park.” While former NFL player Jumbo Elliott summed up the outrage in one word: “Ghouls.”
A judge had to inform these sick freaks that you can’t conduct a criminal investigation into a dead woman. https://t.co/C4YG7387oK
— Krystal Ball (@krystalball) January 24, 2026