Sex-trafficking investigation imploded. Did St. Paul cop lie?

ST. PAUL — A 30-defendant multistate sex-trafficking ring involving Somali gangs and underage girls sounds like a good get for a prosecutor.

But then-U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones rejected it before federal prosecutors in Tennessee took it.

And in the wake of a federal appeals decision last week excoriating the case and the investigator who pushed it, Jones’ decision appears to have been solid.

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