Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota

President Trump appoints Joseph Thompson as Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota

June 2, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

Courtesy: FOX 9WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — President Trump has appointed the man who prosecuted the Feeding Our Future investigation to serve as Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota. Joseph Thompson has served as a federal prosecutor for sixteen years. Thompson says he looks forward to continuing our office’s work combatting violent crime, the scourge of fentanyl and other deadly drugs, and…

Acting U.S. Attorney on human smugglers: “What they cared about was money”

May 28, 2025

kvrr-apiuser, KVRR Staff,

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/AP) — The convicted ringleader of an international human smuggling plot and one of his drivers is sentenced in federal court in Fergus Falls. Harshkumar Patel was sentenced to 10 years in prison and Steve Shand to 6 1/2 years. The two men were tried and convicted on four counts apiece last November. Their sentencing comes more…