Six US Prosecutors Resign in Minnesota as Crackdown Builds

Six Minnesota federal prosecutors resigned Tuesday, including two top investigators of the daycare scandal animating Trump’s base, departures that may complicate the Justice Department’s crackdown on alleged public benefits fraud.

Those departing include Joe Thompson, Minnesota’s acting US attorney earlier in President Donald Trump’s term who was leading the office’s escalating response to federal program schemes, and Harry Jacobs, another prosecutor who coordinated cases involving improper child nutrition program payments, said three people familiar with the situation.