Joseph Thompson | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2025 | |
| United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Lisa Kirkpatrick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Minnesota,U.S. |
| Education | Gustavus Adolphus College (BA) Stanford University (JD) |
Joseph H. Thompson is an American lawyer serving since 2025 as the acting United States attorney for the District of Minnesota. [1]
Thompson attended Gustavus Adolphus College and received his Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School. [2]
On June 2,2025,President Donald Trump appointed Thompson to be the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota. Thompson previously served as chief of the Fraud &Public Corruption section in the U.S. Attorney's Office,prosecuting fraud against state and federal government programs. Before that,he served as a federal prosecutor in the District of Minnesota. [3]
Thompson succeeded Lisa Kirkpatrick as acting U.S. Attorney,and Andrew M. Luger as U.S. Attorney.
Thompson was serving as U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota during the 2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators. [4] The U.S. Attorney's Office investigated the shootings in partnership with the Hennepin County Attorney's Office,the FBI,the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension,the ATF,Brooklyn Park Police Department,Minneapolis Police Department,Hennepin County Sherriff’s Office,Champlin Police Department,New Hope Police Department,and the National Security Division's Counterterrorism Section. [5] On June 16,2025,Thompson led a press conference announcing the apprehension of Vance Luther Boelter in the case. [6] [7]
On July 15,Thompson announced six federal grand jury indictments against Boelter. [8]