President Donald Trump has declared he will not permit the FBI to collaborate with Minnesota government officials, citing his belief that they are ‘crooked.’
During a Friday afternoon meeting with oil executives in the East Room, reporters inquired whether the president would cooperate with state officials in probing the death of Renee Good, who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Wednesday.
“Typically, I would, but they’re crooked officials,” Trump replied.
Trump further criticized Minnesota, saying, “Minneapolis and Minnesota are such beautiful places, but they’re being ruined. It has an incompetent governor, a fool, a very stupid person,” referring to Gov. Tim Walz.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has insisted that federal authorities provide information on Good’s shooting to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Frey has vehemently criticized ICE’s activities in Minneapolis, dismissing claims that the agent acted in self-defense as ‘nonsense,’ despite several videos depicting the 37-year-old driving her car into the federal officer.
He has defiantly proclaimed: ‘To ICE, get the f**k out of Minneapolis. We don’t want you here.’
The president also noted allegations of fraud that have been uncovered in Minneapolis and specifically honed in on the city’s large Somali population.
President Donald Trump said Friday he does not want the FBI to work with ‘crooked’ state officials in Minnesota on the ICE shooting investigation
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and local city officials are calling on federal investigators to turn over information to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension after the shooting death of Renee Good by a federal officer this week
Federal agents arrest a protester outside an ICE facility after he allegedly attempted to block a vehicle during a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Minneapolis, MN, United States, on January 9, 2026
‘It looks like the number could be $19 billion stolen from a lot of people, but largely people from Somalia. They buy their vote. They vote in a group.’
They sell more Mercedes-Benzes in that area than almost – can you imagine you come over with no money, and then shortly thereafter, you’re driving a Mercedes-Benz? The whole thing is ridiculous. So they’re very corrupt people. It’s a very corrupt state.’
Trump also doubled down on Vice President JD Vance’s claim that Good was a part of a ‘broad left-wing network’ by noting that there appears to have been paid protestors on the ground in Minneapolis to hamstring ICE operations.
‘There was a woman “screaming, shame, shame, shame, shame.” She was an agitator, probably a paid agitator … so professional, she wouldn’t stop screaming.’
‘This is a professional troublemaker,’ he continued. ‘This isn’t a normal situation.’
The president did not provide any actual evidence of the alleged ‘left-wing’ groups White House officials believe are funding activists, however.
Still, new footage of the tragic shooting does raise questions about why Good and her wife were blocking ICE operations before she rammed an agent and was subsequently shot.
New video released Friday shows Renee Good’s wife, Rebecca Good, 40, urging the agent to ‘show his face’ as she asks him, ‘You want to come at us?’
Renee Good, 37, moments before she drove her car into an ICE agent and was shot and killed
Rebecca Good, Renee’s wife, was outside the vehicle filming and ridiculing ICE agents shortly before the incident. She told her wife to drive away
‘You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch big boy,’ Rebecca said, with her own cellphone in hand. ‘Go ahead.’
As the tension mounted on the Minneapolis street, Good was told to get out of the car, but ignored the order.
She began revving the engine and drove off during what the Trump administration says was part of a protest against the planned detention of Somali migrants in the area.
The new footage came from the ICE agent who shot Good, Jonathon Ross, who was previously hit by a car while conducting operations.
Ross’s cellphone footage was unveiled just hours after surveillance footage was released, showing how Good apparently blocked the road with her SUV for four minutes before she was shot dead.
