The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the Justice Department’s handling of the shooting of Renee Good.
In his remarks, the former special counsel repeatedly denied that he had acted out of partisan animus and bemoaned the Trump administration’s efforts to go after the president’s perceived enemies.
Don Lemon reporting from a demonstration in Broadview, Ill., last year. Mr. Lemon, a former CNN anchor, has said he was at the Minnesota protest as a journalist.