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(The Guardian) Report: DoJ is investigating top Minnesota officials
The Trump administration is investigating Minnesota officials, including Tim Walz, the state governor, and the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, CBS News reported on Friday evening, citing multiple unnamed sources.
The investigation, which they said relates to an alleged conspiracy to impede federal agents, followed the surge in border patrol and ICE agents as part of the what the Department of Homeland Security called the largest immigration crackdown in its history. Thousands of agents have been deployed to the area and thousands of local residents have been detained.
Protests have erupted throughout the area, especially following the death of Minnesota resident Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE officer last week.
The Washington Post also reported the investigation, saying subpoenas had been issued for Walz and Frey, as the justice department determines whether public statements made by the state and local leaders could be seen as criminal interference.
From the Washington Post: The subpoenas, which are without recent precedent, escalate an already bitter political battle between the Trump administration and state officials following the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an immigration officer last week. That shooting happened amid a surge of federal immigration officers in the state ordered by President Donald Trump.
A US official who reportedly spoke to CBS and who was kept anonymous, claimed the federal government began investigating because of the statements made by Frey and Walz about the federal immigration operations happening in the city and state. Both have called for peaceful protests, but have also condemned the actions taken by the administration and the agents on the ground.
“Let’s be very, very clear,” Walz said in a speech on Wednesday night. “This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it’s a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.”
The Trump administration is investigating Minnesota officials, including Tim Walz, the state governor, and the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, CBS News reported on Friday evening, citing multiple unnamed sources.
The investigation, which they said relates to an alleged conspiracy to impede federal agents, followed the surge in border patrol and ICE agents as part of the what the Department of Homeland Security called the largest immigration crackdown in its history. Thousands of agents have been deployed to the area and thousands of local residents have been detained.
Protests have erupted throughout the area, especially following the death of Minnesota resident Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE officer last week.
The Washington Post also reported the investigation, saying subpoenas had been issued for Walz and Frey, as the justice department determines whether public statements made by the state and local leaders could be seen as criminal interference.
From the Washington Post: The subpoenas, which are without recent precedent, escalate an already bitter political battle between the Trump administration and state officials following the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an immigration officer last week. That shooting happened amid a surge of federal immigration officers in the state ordered by President Donald Trump.
A US official who reportedly spoke to CBS and who was kept anonymous, claimed the federal government began investigating because of the statements made by Frey and Walz about the federal immigration operations happening in the city and state. Both have called for peaceful protests, but have also condemned the actions taken by the administration and the agents on the ground.
“Let’s be very, very clear,” Walz said in a speech on Wednesday night. “This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it’s a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.”
