The widow of Renee Good is now reportedly in legal trouble following her actions in this month’s ICE self-defense shooting in Minneapolis.
NBC News reported on Saturday that the Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into Becca Good for allegedly impeding an ICE agent in the moments before her wife’s death.
The probe will focus on Becca’s ties to far-left activist groups and her actions leading up to her wife’s fatal shooting.
Becca Good’s lawyer released a statement claiming that he had no indication his client was the subject of a criminal investigation.
Federal officials are investigating the partner of Renee Nicole Good to determine whether she may have impeded a federal officer moments before he shot and killed Good in Minneapolis, according to two people familiar with the investigation who spoke to NBC News.
The federal investigation into the shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross is focusing more on Becca Good, including what officials said were her possible ties to activist groups, and less on Ross’ actions when he fired into Renee Good’s vehicle during an immigration operation last week, the people said.
Antonio Romanucci, Becca Good’s lawyer, said in a statement Saturday that “there has been no contact from the FBI or federal officials indicating Becca Good is the subject of an investigation.”
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that the Justice Department was pushing to probe Rebecca Good, causing six prosecutors in the Minneapolis US Attorney’s Office to resign in protest.
As TGP readers know, Alpha News and Fox News obtained cellphone footage on January 9 from the ICE agent who gunned down Good in self-defense as she allegedly tried to run him over.
The footage shows Good’s wife talking trash to the ICE agent as he approached her wife’s SUV.
“You wanna come at us?” Good’s wife said, taunting the ICE agent. “I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy.”
After the agent screams at Renee Good to “get out of the f**king car,” Becca seemingly instructs her wife to ignore the command.
“Drive, baby drive!” she yells. Renee obliges by pushing the accelerator and ramming into the officer.
The officer responds by firing three times, with at least one fatally striking Renee Good.
Trump Reportedly Puts OVER 1,000 Active Duty Soldiers on Standby For Deployment to Minnesota After Threatening to Invoke Insurrection Act – White House Responds
January 18, 2026
President Trump is looking at dropping the hammer on Minneapolis in the coming days after threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act last week.
As The Washington Post reported, the Trump Administration has ordered roughly 1,500 active-duty soldiers to be on standby for deployment to Minnesota following the massive anti-ICE riots over the past several days.
These riots have reached a new and dangerous level following the ICE self-defense shooting of leftist protester Renee Good.
Here are more details on the possible deployment from The Post:
The soldiers are assigned to two infantry battalions with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division, which is based in Alaska and specializes in cold-weather operations.
The Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in Minnesota escalates, officials said, characterizing the move as “prudent planning.”
It is not clear whether any of them will be sent to the state, the officials said, speaking like some others on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military planning.
The Trump White House responded to the report by telling The Washington Post that it’s common for the Department of War “to be prepared for any decision the President may or may not make.”
CBS News and ABC News also reported that Trump was considering preparing to deploy the troops.
The Gateway Pundit’s Cassandra Macdonald previously reported that Trump did not hold back on Thursday morning while responding to the attacks on ICE agents in Minneapolis, warning he will invoke the Insurrection Act if Minnesota politicians fail to rein in the “professional agitators and insurrectionists.”
This warning came after a night of extreme chaos in the city, which included an agent having to fire a defensive round after being attacked with a shovel handle by an illegal alien and rioters robbing paperwork and weapons from an ICE vehicle.
“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State.”
The president added, “Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT.”
Invoking the Insurrection Act is generally considered a last resort, but with the nonstop mayhem in Minneapolis, Trump may have no choice.
US Ends Aid to Somalia After Locals Torch and Loot Warehouse Filled with 76 Tons of US-Donated Food
January 18, 2026
Somalis loot an international aid warehouse after it was torched earlier this month.
Such a grateful country!
They really appreciate all of the US taxpayer donated food sent their way.
The United States ended taxpayer-funded food aid to Somalia after local officials torched and looted the stockpiles of food stored in a local warehouse.
There is even video of the mass looting!
CCTV Video Exposes Looted WFP Food Aid Warehouse in #Somalia New footage shows a grain warehouse looted and destroyed after 76 metric tons of donor-funded food aid were illegally seized, according to U.S. reports. The aid was from a U.S.-funded WFP facility. pic.twitter.com/0GrBqq1euR
The US State Department released a statement after the warehouse was destroyed.
The is deeply concerned by reports that Federal Government of Somalia officials have destroyed a US-funded World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and illegally seized 76 metric tons of donor-funded food aid for vulnerable Somalis. The Trump Administration has a zero-tolerance… pic.twitter.com/fCDTCBegbt
Ilhan Omar Calls America the “U.S. G**damn States”
January 18, 2026
The White House posted a video clip Saturday of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) calling the United States of America the “U.S. G**damn States” in a rant about ICE immigration enforcement.
Omar made her remark at a House Democrat field hearing in St. Paul, Minnesota on Friday.
“.@IlhanMN refers to our great country as the “U.S. G*ddamn States.”There is no circumstance in which she should refer to our country in this way. It is beyond disrespectful — it is appalling, disgusting, and SICK. SHAME ON HER!”
.@IlhanMN refers to our great country as the “U.S. G*ddamn States.”
There is no circumstance in which she should refer to our country in this way. It is beyond disrespectful — it is appalling, disgusting, and SICK. SHAME ON HER! pic.twitter.com/NYrTG8NFxm
The liberal Tennessee Holler posted a longer clip of Omar’s rant:
JUST NOW — Rep. @Ilhan lights up complicit Republicans: “Those of us who escaped places like that, the one place we thought we would never experience this is the united Goddamn states… I am ashamed. And we must do all we can to bring back the we all escaped into. pic.twitter.com/S7rAJIx2Zp
The so-called shadow hearing by the House minority was co-hosted by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Omar. Both are radical leftist immigrants trying to remake the United States by supporting mass migration. Jayapal is from India, Omar from Somalia.
Jayapal, Omar Host Hearing on Trump’s Deadly Assault on Minnesota
ST. PAUL, MN — U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, and Ilhan Omar (MN-05) today hosted a shadow hearing titled Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Deadly Assault on Minnesota. Twenty-seven Members of Congress attended from across the country to conduct oversight.
“Today, I hosted the the sixth hearing in my series Kidnapped and Disappeared, to continue my congressional fact-finding duties at a time of intense trauma and terror for Minnesotans who are being subjected to the lawlessness and violence of ICE and Border Patrol agents,” said Jayapal. “We heard from incredibly powerful witnesses — members of the community who are standing up for their neighbors, and even who have been detained and had their rights violated for no reason. Instead of making us safer, Trump is deliberately escalating tensions in a city where crime rates have been declining. And the tactics are only accelerating. Let me be clear: this pattern of reckless, even lethal, use of force cannot continue, and we will do everything in our power to hold this Administration accountable and stop this lawlessness.”
“I was honored to host this crucial hearing with Rep. Jayapal,” said Omar. “The Twin Cities is under attack from the Trump administration. There is no modern precedent for this level of federal overreach, violence, and lawlessness carried out in the name of immigration enforcement. I’m grateful to my congressional colleagues from all across the country who joined us to raise the alarm and learn what has been happening on the ground.”
…This hearing featured testimony from a slate of local elected leaders, including Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and Saint Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, followed by a panel of witnesses including Executive Director of the ACLU of Minnesota Deepinder Mayell, Executive Director of Unidos MN Emilia González Avalos, Executive Director of Minnesota Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) Jaylani Hussein, Chief of Police of Mendota Heights Police Department Kelly McCarthy, and community members Patty and Mubashir.
…Jayapal and Omar were joined by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) and Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Becca Balint (VT-At Large), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Angie Craig (MN-02), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Jesús G. “Chuy” García (IL-04), Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (GA-04), Ted Lieu (CA-36), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), Betty McCollum (MN-04), Rob Menendez (NJ-08), Dave Min (CA-47), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Emily Randall (WA-06), Luz Rivas (CA-29), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and James Walkinshaw (VA-11).
What’s Behind the Killing of Christians in Nigeria
January 18, 2026
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“You can be less than a hundred meters away from a military checkpoint and still be killed by Islamists because the army does not protect you,” said Paul, a local journalist in Nigeria. He repeated, “The army does not protect you because it is systematically controlled. Orders are given, and that is the end of it.”
Paul is a Christian living close to communities being attacked by Islamic extremists and is deeply concerned about getting the word out to the international community that Nigerian Christians desperately need help. He asked that his full name not be used because, as he said, “People get threatened. They get picked up and disappear.”
The population of Nigeria is fairly evenly split between Christians and Muslims, with the bulk of Muslims living in the north. Paul’s region, which has been the center of Islamist attacks on Christians, is in the Middle Belt, where Christians are on the front lines, standing between the Muslim north and the Christian south.
The current violence has its roots in centuries of conflict. Islam spread into northern Nigeria primarily through the jihad led by Usman dan Fodio beginning in 1804. Dan Fodio, a Fulani Islamic scholar, launched a holy war against the Hausa rulers who mixed traditional practices with Islam. By 1808, his forces had conquered the major Hausa kingdoms including Gobir, Kano, and Katsina, establishing the Sokoto Caliphate with emirates governed under Islamic law. The jihad attempted to expand into the Middle Belt region but met resistance from indigenous tribes in areas including Plateau and Benue States, which halted the southward advance.
When the British colonized Nigeria and amalgamated diverse regions into a single country in 1914, they preserved the emirate system in the north through indirect rule. The Sultan of Sokoto, residing in the caliphate’s capital, retained authority over Muslims in northern Nigeria. This colonial arrangement created tensions by joining together previously independent kingdoms and ethnic groups, many with histories of conflict, into one nation-state under structures that favored the Islamic north’s existing power hierarchy.
In Paul’s estimation, there is a connection between the northern Muslim power structure and the violence against Christians that enables these attacks to continue. “Based on what people on the ground tell us, including those with privileged information, the situation appears clear to them,” he said. “They report that key positions of command are held by individuals who don’t act to protect Christian communities. Even when soldiers are deployed, victims say they are often told there are orders not to engage while villages are being burned and people are being killed.”
Community members in states like Taraba and Benue have made similar allegations to journalists, claiming soldiers cite lack of fuel or arrive too late to intervene. These accusations of military complicity or deliberate inaction are widespread among Christian leaders and victims in the Middle Belt, though the Nigerian government denies these claims and attributes security failures to resource constraints and the challenges of combating multiple insurgent groups across a vast territory.
Paul, however, does not believe the attacks are random or spontaneous; they are clearly targeted against Christians. Furthermore, the scale is massive. “They are highly coordinated and sophisticated. You are always overwhelmed.” Generally, attacks happen at night, with a large number of terrorists arriving in trucks and motorcycles. They park far enough away that villagers will not hear the engines. “But sometimes they drive right into the middle of the village,” Paul said.
He said the organized nature of the attacks suggests the attackers have military support. “They come in large numbers, and the logistics involved are extensive.”
“There are those who come in first with guns. If you manage to escape the gunfire, those behind them come with machetes.”
In other parts of the world, like Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, persecuted Christians formed militias and protection units. But Paul said this has not happened in Nigeria, largely because citizens are not permitted to own weapons. The Muslim militias have weapons, however, and in many cases those weapons have been traced to the military.
Despite these strict gun control laws, or perhaps because of them, Nigeria has become awash in illegal weapons. The country reportedly accounts for 70 percent of the estimated 500 million illegal weapons circulating in West Africa. The Nigerian Police Force cannot account for 178,459 firearms, including 88,078 AK-47 rifles that have gone missing from official stockpiles.
The Muslim militias and terrorist groups attacking Christian communities are heavily armed, however, and the sources of their weapons have become a matter of intense scrutiny and controversy. Weapons used in attacks come primarily from three documented sources: artisanal manufacturing within Nigeria (which accounted for 73 percent of weapons seized in southern Nigeria between 2014 and 2017), cross-border smuggling from neighboring Sahel countries including Mali, Niger, and Chad, and weapons stolen or diverted from Nigerian security forces’ stockpiles.
Research has documented the problem regionally. According to UK-based Conflict Armament Research, which has studied jihadist weapons sources for a decade, raids on military bases have provided jihadists in the Sahel countries with at least 20 percent of their weapons. Security analysts report that in Nigeria, some security officials “donate” or sell weapons from national stockpiles to local armed groups with whom they sympathize, with religious and ethnic motivations sometimes playing a role in determining which groups receive weapons.
“Our ancestors had no formal education and lived what many would call a primitive way of life,” said Paul, with a hint of irony. “Yet, they understood the concept of freedom. They resisted Islamic conquest even though they were not Christians. They were traditional or idol worshippers, but they resisted because they understood what it meant to live freely, without having another man’s will imposed on them.”
“Now we, their descendants, are helpless. We cannot defend ourselves. Why? Because we now live in a structured country with a government that is controlled by the very people who have a long-standing plan to eliminate you.”
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