Trump Says Videos of ICE Shooting “Can Be Viewed Two Ways,” DOJ Chooses the One Without Consequences

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump reassured Americans this week that videos showing Renee Good being shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis “can be viewed two ways,” a nuanced media-literacy insight the Justice Department quickly adopted.

According to officials, the DOJ carefully reviewed the footage and determined that while one version appears to show a federal agent firing multiple rounds into a woman’s vehicle as it turned away, the other version—the one the administration prefers—shows nothing requiring accountability.

“The video is complicated,” Trump explained in a CBS interview. “You see a car, you see an agent, and then you see how easy it is to misunderstand lethal force.” He added that Renee Good was “probably a wonderful person,” but acknowledged that her actions were “pretty tough,” a legal standard now believed to override civil rights law entirely.

The Justice Department echoed that reasoning, announcing there was “no basis” for a civil rights probe while simultaneously blocking Minnesota officials from accessing evidence, citing federal jurisdiction and the importance of not confusing the public with overlapping investigations.

Several career prosecutors responded by resigning, a move DOJ officials later clarified had nothing to do with the shooting and was simply a coincidence involving conscience, precedent, and timing.

At press time, administration officials confirmed that while videos can indeed be viewed two ways, only one of them will ever be recognized by the federal government.