During a meeting with oil executives, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins pressed President Donald Trump about why state and local authorities were being shut out of the investigation into the deadly shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
Trump then attacked Minnesota and repeated false election claims before answering her question.
“Well, normally I would,” Trump said when asked whether evidence should be shared with state officials. “But they’re crooked officials. I mean, Minneapolis and Minnesota, what a beautiful place, but it’s being destroyed. It’s got an incompetent governor, fool, I mean, he’s a stupid person.”
Then Trump made another false claim. “I feel that I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times. Nobody has won it for — since Richard Nixon won it many, many years ago. I won it all three times, in my opinion.”
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Collins quickly corrected him on air. She said Trump lost Minnesota in every one of those elections. She also noted the state has not voted for a Republican president since 1972.
The confrontation comes as the investigation into Good’s death becomes a major point of tension between federal and state officials.
After the fatal shooting on January 7, Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was set to work with the FBI. But federal authorities later said the FBI would lead the investigation alone. The state agency withdrew after being blocked from key evidence and interviews.
Local leaders say keeping state investigators out makes a fair review harder. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said state authorities should see all the evidence. He called the FBI’s move “deeply disturbing.”
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office could prosecute the case, even with federal involvement. She asked the public to share any videos or photos of the shooting.
The shooting itself has caused a national debate. Federal officials said Good tried to use her car as a weapon. But videos and eyewitness accounts suggest she was driving away when the ICE agent fired. Critics say this evidence does not match the government’s story.
Good, 37, was a U.S. citizen, a mother of three, and not a criminal suspect. She had just dropped her 6-year-old child at school when federal agents surrounded her car and shots were fired, hitting her in the head.
Her wife, Becca Good, shared statements asking for compassion and unity. “We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. … We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love.”
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