'Stunning and extremely rare' to see DOJ course reversal on shooting deaths: prosecutor

Former federal prosecutor Alyse Adamson, host of the "At Lyse You Heard It Here" podcast, spoke to CNN about the Justice Department deciding to take action against federal agents involved in the shooting deaths of two people in Minnesota this year.

Adamson called the decision a "course reversal" that she found "stunning and extremely rare."

"I just want to also point out that this case, DOJ, moved to have the case against the two men dismissed with prejudice. You just don't see that," she explained. "And when you are hearing prosecutors say that the statements of these ICE agents or of these federal officers, rather, was materially inconsistent, that is significant legal language."

She said the legal translation is that their facts simply don't align. So, the new investigations that have been opened are more significant.

"The allegations or the claims of potential false statements under oath could potentially support a perjury charge," she said. "So we are looking at a very, very serious situation for these officers, Pamela."

Host Pamela Brown mentioned the ongoing work by the Department of Homeland Security to undermine eyewitness accounts and videos of incidents by spinning its own story about what happened. Those stories turned out to be false, evidence from inside DHS showed.

As an illustration, CNN played a clip of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who claimed in a press conference that Renee Nicole Good attempted to "weaponize her vehicle" and attempt to run over an officer. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Good did run over that officer.

Brown also noted recent rulings from judges saying that these accounts from DHS appear not to be credible.

"How much does this hurt the Trump administration's not only credibility, but push for immigration reform?" she asked.

Adamson said, "Public trust depends on accuracy and credibility. And part of a judge's job as a neutral arbiter of the law is to assess credibility."

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