Patriot Brief
A Fox News legal analyst suggested Renee Good’s spouse may face criminal exposure for encouraging flight from ICE.
Video and audio evidence are central to arguments about intent and potential aiding-and-abetting liability.
The debate reflects a broader dispute over whether vehicle use against officers constitutes domestic terrorism.
The legal questions surrounding the Minneapolis ICE incident aren’t getting simpler—they’re getting more precise. And that’s an important distinction.
Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett didn’t declare guilt when he raised the possibility that Rebecca Good may have committed a crime. He outlined a theory—one grounded in motive, conduct, and available evidence. That difference matters, even if it’s uncomfortable.
Video shows Rebecca Good urging her partner, Renee Good, to drive as ICE agents attempted to document the vehicle. Audio captures taunting language directed at officers. Jarrett’s point wasn’t rhetorical; it was legal. Encouraging someone to flee law enforcement can meet the threshold for aiding and abetting. If that encouragement is tied to an ideological effort to obstruct federal authority, prosecutors may reasonably examine whether it crosses into domestic terrorism territory.
That assessment hinges on intent. As Jarrett noted, motive is the connective tissue. If the conduct was meant to disrupt or coerce law enforcement activity for political reasons, federal statutes come into play. Renee Good can’t be prosecuted due to her death. That doesn’t automatically close the door on examining others’ conduct before and during the incident.
Officials at the Department of Homeland Security, including Secretary Kristi Noem, have repeatedly emphasized a pattern they say is emerging: activists using vehicles to impede or threaten officers. DHS data showing a rise in vehicle attacks adds context, even if each case must be judged independently.
Democrats have labeled the shooting a murder; the Trump administration has maintained it was self-defense. Those positions are now familiar. What’s new is the narrowing of focus from broad rhetoric to specific actions captured on video.
Legal accountability isn’t about politics—it’s about evidence, intent, and law. If prosecutors determine those elements align, the question won’t be whether the theory is controversial. It will be whether it’s supported.
From Western Journal:
Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett said on Monday that Rebecca Good may have committed a serious crime during the Jan. 7 Immigration and Customs Enforcement incident in Minneapolis that left her lesbian partner, Renee Good, dead.
Rebecca Good appeared to try to enter the passenger side of the car Renee Good was driving and seemed to shout, “Drive, baby, drive” right before the woman accelerated toward an ICE agent and was fatally shot.
Jarrett told “Fox & Friends” host Lawrence Jones that Rebecca Good may have engaged in “aiding and abetting fleeing police with a domestic terrorism motive.”
NEW: Gregg Jarrett flags POTENTIAL CRIME Renee Good’s wife committed during Minnesota ICE incident
“Her wife was saying, ‘Drive, baby, drive!’ Well, that could be aiding and abetting fleeing police with a domestic terrorism motive.”@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/FqBwkCJLYn
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) January 12, 2026
“It is true that [Renee Good] impeded the officers, and they have footage of her doing it the entire day,” Jones said. “But how do you link that to a broader push for domestic terrorism?”
Jarrett said it depended on her motive. He noted Renee Good could not be prosecuted due to her death, but argued her spouse could be.
“Was this done to be anti‑government and to try to change the behavior of ICE? And if the answer is yes — and there’s considerable evidence that that was her motive; she was part of the resistance involved in trying to obstruct and block and hinder ICE — then sure, that’s domestic terrorism,” he said.
“It would be important if there was a prosecution here. But of course, the driver Renee Good is deceased.”
“Although, you know, you heard the videotape in which her wife was saying, ‘Drive, baby, drive.’ Well, that could be aiding and abetting fleeing police with a domestic terrorism motive,” he added. “So, you know, it still is relevant.”
The agent was trying to film Renee Good’s license plate number as her vehicle blocked a roadway.
“You want to come at us? You want to come at us?” Rebecca Good was heard taunting an ICE Agent in Minnesota-based Alpha News’ video footage of the shooting from an ICE agent’s perspective. “I say go get yourself a big lunch, big boy. Go ahead.”
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