Minnesota’s most aggressive drug prosecutor keeps getting overruled. He’s running unopposed (again).

By: Christopher Ingraham

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: August 4, 2026

Words: 638

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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An alleged fentanyl dealer in East Grand Forks is getting a new trial after prosecutors botched their instructions to the jury that convicted him.

Polk County Attorney Greg Widseth “plainly erred by misstating the law” governing drug conspiracies, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled last month. To obtain the first-degree conspiracy conviction he sought, he needed to demonstrate that the alleged dealer knew that the amount of drugs sold by the dealer’s co-conspirators crossed a …

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