Episode 154 | MASS Resignations at DOJ as ICE Shooting UPENDS DOJ

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 The nation was stunned last week when an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen. Within hours, Trump administration officials slammed the mother of three, saying she was trying to hit the agent with her vehicle. Yet videos posted to social media revealed that she appeared to be turning her car away from the officer. Asha and Renato assess whether anyone will be held accountable for the killing of Renee Good, the mass resignations at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office and the false claim from law school graduate JD Vance that the ICE officer has “absolute immunity.” Plus, Renato and Asha discuss the revelation that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is being investigated by federal prosecutors over building renovations at the central bank, part of a destabilizing pressure campaign by Trump to get the Fed to cut interest rates. Listen up! Asha Substack: https://asharangappa.substack.com/ Subscribe to our podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/its-complicated Follow Asha on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/asharangappa.bsky.social Follow Renato on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/renatomariotti.bsky.social Follow Asha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asha.rangappa/ Follow Renato on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renato.mariotti/ Cruise with us! https://www.travelstore.com/group-travel/its-complicated-cruise-2026/ Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Renato, is it possible that we'll see justice for Renee Good?
0:05.6	It's complicated.
0:11.4	I'm Renato Marietti. I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer, and a legal analyst.
0:17.8	And I'm Asha Ringappa. I teach national security law at Yale University.
0:21.6	I'm a former FBI special agent, and I'm the author of the Freedom Academy Substack.
0:27.6	And we're here to help you understand topics that can't be boiled down into a soundbite or a soundbite.
0:32.6	Asha, this is a very challenging subject to even discuss.
0:42.8	Yes, this had happened actually right before you and I recorded last week.
0:49.7	And even with everything going on, I think it was just so shocking.
0:54.3	It's shocking to the conscience. use a phrase we might use in the law.
1:00.6	And I think it's kind of weighed heavily this past week, especially with the question that we're posing today.
1:07.0	Not only that it happened, but is there anything that, is there any way that there will be
1:13.0	accountability for what we all saw happen?
1:16.5	That's right.
1:17.3	You know, we've seen some horrific imagery all from the, I would say, aggressive and unwarranted
1:24.9	actions of ice throughout the country.
1:28.3	I mean, we talked when they were in Chicago
1:30.0	about how they were ripping, you know,
1:31.6	ripping women out of their cars
1:34.0	and throwing them on the ground
1:35.1	and doing all sorts of just highly, you know,
1:39.6	you know, sort of things that I think
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