In a dispute that reaches into the old and fragile bargain between a nation's capital and its states, Minnesota officials say the federal government has stopped passing evidence to them in two deaths now under state inquiry, the men and women of the investigation working from what they still hold. The account is theirs alone for now, a claim standing in the record without the answer of Washington beside it. Two people, known here only by the surnames Good and Pretti, are at the center of a question that is less about them than about who holds the pieces of a truth and whether those pieces will
Trump Administration Stopped Sharing Evidence in Good and Pretti Killings, Minnesota Officials Say
Two people, identified as Good and Pretti, were killed in incidents now under state investigation.
The dispute rests on the word of Minnesota officials.
Mark
Start me off. What exactly is being claimed here?
Mimi
Minnesota officials say federal authorities under the Trump administration stopped giving state investigators evidence in the killings of Good and Pretti.
Mark
So this is about two deaths, not just a bureaucratic spat.
Mimi
Right. Two people were killed, and the state is investigating. The dispute is about whether the state can see what it needs.
Luke
I want to flag how thin the confirmed part is. This is the state's claim. We have no federal response in what's reported.
Mark
So we don't know if Washington agrees it stopped?
Luke
Correct. We also don't know when it stopped, what evidence is involved, or why.
Mimi
That's fair. What we can say is that the claim itself matters, because state investigators depend on that material to move forward.
Mark
Could this end up in court?
Luke
Possibly, but that's a thing to watch, not something reported. Nobody has said a lawsuit is coming.
Mimi
And the people behind the surnames deserve to stay in view while the institutions argue.
O Pulso
- Minnesota officials say federal authorities abruptly stopped sending evidence to state investigators in two killings.
- The silence from Washington leaves the dispute hanging on one side's word and tightens the strain between levels of government.
- Investigators are weighing how far a case can move when key material is no longer arriving from federal hands.
- Possible paths ahead include a public federal response, a state move to compel the evidence, or a slowdown in the investigation itself.
In a dispute that reaches into the old and fragile bargain between a nation's capital and its states, Minnesota officials say the federal government has stopped passing evidence to them in two deaths now under state inquiry, the men and women of the investigation working from what they still hold. The account is theirs alone for now, a claim standing in the record without the answer of Washington beside it. Two people, known here only by the surnames Good and Pretti, are at the center of a question that is less about them than about who holds the pieces of a truth and whether those pieces will be shared.
Minnesota officials say the Trump administration has stopped sharing evidence with state investigators looking into the killings of two people, identified as Good and Pretti. The claim, reported by the Associated Press, casts a strain over cooperation between federal and state authorities in cases the state is still working to resolve.
The assertion comes from state officials and, for now, stands alone. The available reporting does not say when the sharing ended, what kind of evidence was involved, or what reason federal authorities may have offered. Nor does it describe how the two people died, where, or who is suspected. The federal government's response is not detailed.
What the claim raises is a practical problem: how an investigation moves forward when evidence held elsewhere no longer flows to it. Several things will matter. Whether the administration responds publicly, whether Minnesota seeks a legal order to obtain the material, and whether the investigation's pace or findings shift. Until then, the families are left waiting on an inquiry that depends in part on information they cannot see.
Minnesota officials say the Trump administration has stopped sharing evidence with state investigators looking into the killings of two people identified as Good and Pretti. The claim, reported by the Associated Press, puts a strain on cooperation between federal and state authorities in cases that state investigators are still working to resolve.
The account comes from Minnesota officials. What is available here is the headline-level assertion: that federal authorities had been providing evidence, and that they stopped. The reporting available does not lay out when the sharing ended, what kind of evidence is involved, or what reason, if any, federal authorities have given.
The two people at the center of this are identified only by the surnames Good and Pretti. They were killed in separate incidents that are now under state investigation. Beyond that, the material at hand does not describe how they died, where the incidents occurred, or who is suspected, so those details are not filled in here.
Nor does the source detail how the federal government has responded. The claim is attributed to state officials, and it stands as their characterization of events rather than a finding confirmed by both sides. Whether Washington disputes it, explains it, or declines to comment is not established in the material available.
What the claim does raise is a practical question about how a state investigation proceeds when evidence held by federal authorities is no longer flowing to it. Investigators in such a position can find their work slowed or limited, though how much that applies in these cases is not stated.
Several things bear watching. One is whether the administration answers publicly and what it says. Another is whether Minnesota takes legal action to compel the evidence to be turned over. A third is whether the pace or the findings of the state investigation change as a result. Until those answers arrive, the dispute rests on the word of Minnesota officials, and the families of the two people killed are left waiting on an investigation that depends in part on material they cannot see.
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The Trump administration stopped sharing evidence in the Good and Pretti killings (paraphrased claim).— Minnesota officials, via the Associated Press
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