♪ ♪ >> Eric: THIS WEEK SAW A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE'S INVESTIGATION OF THE KILLINGS OF RENEE GOOD AND ALEX PRETTI IN MINNEAPOLIS.

FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE FINALLY SHARED THEIR EVIDENCE WITH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AFTER MONTHS OF REFUSING TO COLLABORATE, AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE THAT PROMPTED A LAWSUIT BETWEEN STATE OFFICIALS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WHAT DOES THIS SHARING MEAN FOR THE INVESTIGATIONS AND FOR ONGOING STATE AND FEDERAL RELATIONS?

HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY MORIARTY IS HERE TO SHED LIGH ON THAT.

WHAT DID YOU GET AND HOW IMPORTANT IS IT?

>> I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THIS AS BEING MOMENTOUS BECAUSE WE HAD EVIDENCE FROM THE BCA, THE BURUE OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION HAD DONE THEIR OWN INVESTIGATIONS BUT AS YOU KNOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOOK A LOT OF THE EVIDENCE AWAY LIKE RENEE GOOD'S CAR, THE GUNS, AND THEY TOOK STATEMENT FROM AGENTS THAT WERE THERE.

SO WE AGREED TO SHARE EVIDENCE, SO WE GAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUR U.S.

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HERE, THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAD ON ALL THREE CASES, AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE.

>> THIS SEEMS LIKE IT WAS KIND OF AN ABRUPT DECISION, BECAUSE AS WE POINTED OUT IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME.

HOW SHOCKED WERE YOU WHEN THIS -- HOW DID THIS HAPPEN I GUESS >> IT APPEARS ABRUPT TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE BUT WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR WEEKS.

AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT EVEN AFTER RENEE GOOD WAS SHOT I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THE BCA, THE FBI, AND THE U.S.

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND IT WAS EVERYONE'S INTENTION TO SHARE EVIDENCE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTED THE RELATIONSHIP TO BE THE SAME AND EXPECTED THE RELATIONSHIP WOULD BE THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS WAS.

IT WAS A BIT OF A SHOCK AT THAT TIME WHEN THE BCA GOT KICKED OUT OF THE INVESTIGATION.

AND SO CONVERSATIONS HAVE NEVER STOPPED BECAUSE I THINK THE LOCAL PEOPLE, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RECOGNIZED THAT THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, THIS IS THE WAY IT HAS BEEN, AND THIS IS WHAT ALEX RETTI AND RENEE GOOD'S FAMILIES DESERVE AND IT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY DESERVES AS WELL.

SO WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THIS AGREEMENT, AND AS YOU KNOW WE FILED A LAWSUIT IN FEDERAL COURT TO ASK A JUDGE TO ORDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HAND OVER THAT EVIDENCE, AND WE HAD ACTUALLY ASKED FOR A COUPLE OF CONTINUANCES ON THAT LAWSUIT BECAUSE WE ERE ENGAGED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.

>> Cathy: DOES IT ALSO HELP TO HAVE DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP SAY IN HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT?

>> YOU KNOW, I WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN OUR LOCAL FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION.

I -- WE HAD CONVERSATIONS, EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH LOCALS HERE.

AND EVERYBODY WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE WAY THINGS HAD ALWAYS BEEN DONE.

BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE ADMINISTRATION, I CAN'T SPEAK TO D.C.

ABOUT WHAT THEY KNEW, WHETHER THEY APPROVED OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE SO I CAN'T COMMENT, I DON'T HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION ON WHY THIS CHANGED.

I MEAN, I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT'S BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HERE, AND I THINK THIS IS TRUE, RECOGNIZED THAT THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING AS WE ALL KNOW THERE WERE OTHER SHOOTINGS IN MAINE AND HOUSTON, TO SEE WHETHER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHARES INFORMATION IN THOSE CASES AS WELL.

>> Eric: SO OES THIS AT ALL CHANGE THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE THAT COMES FROM THE SURGE, OR?

>> WELL, HERE'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.

WE WERE IN THIS REALLY AWKWARD POSITION, YOU KNOW, AS PROSECUTORS, WE GET CASES FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE AND WE ALSO KNOW WHAT ISN'T AVAILABLE.

FOR INSTANCE, THEY CAN TELL US, WELL, THERE WERE NO BODY CAMERAS HERE, OR THERE WERE.

WE WERE IN THE SITUATION OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND TRYING TO GUESS WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE -- WE ONLY HAD ACTUALLY HEARD FROM THE MEDIA THAT THE FEDERAL AGENTS WHO INTERACTED WITH ALEX PRETTI WERE WEARING BODY CAMS BUT WE HAD NO IDEA WHETHER THEY WERE OR NOT.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT.

WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE AGENTS SAID, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE GUNS, THERE WERE NO TESTING THAT COULD BE DONE ON THAT.

WE DID NOT HAVE RENEE GOOD'S CAR, WE NOW HAVE THAT.

AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT, SO THIS DOES CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE IN THAT WE WILL AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS EVIDENCE, OUR TEAM'S BEEN WORKING OVER THE WEEKEND AND AT NIGHTS LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS EVIDENCE AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING AND THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO REALLY MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION ABOUT WHETHER CHARGES OR APPROPRIATE OR NOT.

>> Cathy: DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE AT ALL?

>> YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOT FRUSTRATINGLY TO EVERYBODY, NOT HAD A TIMELINE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LIFT EVERYBODY'S EXPECTATIONS.

AND WE CAN'T HAVE ARTIFICIAL TIMELINES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO A THOROUGH JOB IN LOOKING AT THIS EVIDENCE.

WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND THEN LOOK AT THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE AND DECIDE WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE TO CHARGE, AND WE NEED TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION THERE.

WE NEED TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THE PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA FOR THE PRETTI AND GOOD FAMILIES, IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

SO WE WILL MAKE A DECISION WHEN WE'RE READY TO MAKE IT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> Cathy: I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE FAMILIES, I'M SURE THEY ARE VERY FRUSTRATED.

>> OH, I, YOU KNOW, THINK BACK TO WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPENED, AND THIS IS PART OF WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WENT OFF HE RAILS.

AS FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR COUNTY ATTORNEY OR ANYBODY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE IMPARTIAL, TO COME OUT WITHIN HOURS AFTER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT AND KILLED AND CALL THEM DOMESTIC TERRORISTS AND MAKE UP, YOU KNOW, THINGS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE CLAIMING HAPPENED IS JUST BEYOND THE PALE.

IT'S INAPPROPRIATE IN THAT ANYTIME THE GOVERNMENT TAKES THE LIFE OF A COMMUNITY MEMBER, THERE OUGHT TO BE AN INDEPENDENT, IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION, AND TRANSPARENCY IN THAT INVESTIGATION AND THE DECISION MAKING.

BUT THESE POOR FAMILIES NOT ONLY DID THEY HAVE TO HEAR FROM THE MEDIA, I HAVE TO SAY, I KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF OUR LOCAL MEDIA REPORTERS ACTUALLY TOLD ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT THEIR LOVED ONE WAS DECEASED.

THEY DID OT HEAR THAT FROM -- YEAH, YIKES.

AND THEN TO BE HEARING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS CALLING YOUR LOVED ONE A DOMESTIC TERRORIST IS REALLY PAINFUL AND THE FACT THAT THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY TO DO AN INVESTIGATION SO THAT JUSTICE CAN BE DONE HERE HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY PAINFUL FOR THEM.

>> Eric: WE'LL FOLLOW ALONG AS IT GOES