A revolt has mounted within the Department of Justice over the investigation of the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, a former assistant attorney general said Tuesday.

The resignation of now six senior career officials from the Criminal Section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has signaled a major response after the DOJ was sidelined on what's been considered "one of the gravest excessive-force cases in decades," Harry Litman wrote in a Substack essay.

"Now up to six resignations in D Minnesota. Metastatic and spreading quickly. Clearly one of 2-3 biggest scandals in DOJ history," Litman wrote on Bluesky, just shortly after he published his initial analysis.

Litman called out the Trump administration for its response to the Good killing and the aftermath of the investigation. ICE has maintained the position that the fatal shooting by Ross was justified, which the Trump administration has also echoed.

"First, the highest government officials circled the wagons around Ross," Litman wrote. "Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance defended the agent’s actions and suggested that Good bore responsibility for her own death. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem labeled the incident 'domestic terrorism,' a characterization that has been widely questioned. Trump himself made inaccurate claims that Good had 'run over' the ICE officer, which video evidence contradicts."