Numerous outlets have reported that the DOJ has sent subpoenas to high-profile Minnesota Democrats in a probe alleging obstruction of ICE, demanding records and communications.
Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are a few who received the subpoenas.
NBC News said that St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and officials in two other counties also got them.
The news about Walz and Frey came out over the weekend.
Frey and Ellison told NBC News:
“When the federal government weaponizes its power to try to intimidate local leaders for doing their jobs, every American should be concerned. We shouldn’t have to live in a country where people fear that federal law enforcement will be used to play politics or crack down on local voices they disagree with,” Frey added.”In Minneapolis, we won’t be afraid. We know the difference between right and wrong and, as Mayor, I’ll continue doing the job I was elected to do: keeping our community safe and standing up for our values,” the Democratic mayor added.In a statement, Ellison said the subpoena was “for records and documents, not for me personally.””Everything about this is highly irregular, especially the fact that this comes shortly after my office sued the Trump Administration to challenge their illegal actions within Minnesota,” the state attorney general said.”Let’s be clear about why this is happening: Donald Trump is coming after the people of Minnesota and I’m standing in his way,” Ellison added. “I will not be intimidated, and I will not stop working to protect Minnesotans from Trump’s campaign of retaliation and revenge.”
Fox News learned last week that the DOJ had launched an investigation into Walz and Frey for allegedly preventing ICE from performing its duties.
NBC News and CBS News saw a copy of the subpoena, which did not state the alleged criminal violations.
Someone told CBS that 18 U.S. Code § 372 – Conspiracy to impede or injure an officer is the statute.
Does that sound familiar? It should because the government used that statute against the January 6 defendants.
Ellison, Frey, and Walz have expressed their disgust for ICE and the Trump administration, especially after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good on January 7.
The rhetoric from the three men, the MSM, and other Democrats started immediately, trashing ICE and claiming the agent killed Good in cold blood. Walz threatened to deploy the Minnesota National Guard
A week later, on behalf of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul, Ellison filed a lawsuit against the DHS to stop the surge of ICE agents, screaming the Tenth Amendment and the Equal Sovereignty Clause.
“This operation is driven by nothing more than the Trump Administration’s desire to punish political opponents and score partisan points—at the direct expense of Plaintiffs’ residents,” Ellison wrote in the lawsuit. “Defendants’ actions appear designed to provoke community outrage, sow fear, and inflict emotional distress, and they are interfering with the ability of state and local officials to protect and care for their residents.”
In other words, “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”
Then the men feigned shock when they discovered the feds had left out Minnesota officials in the investigation into the shooting.
Yeah, um, Walz once called ICE the Gestapo. Why would ICE ever want him involved in an investigation concerning the agency?
The rhetoric and need for a cause have led to riots against ICE. Everyone is on edge.
How did Walz respond? He encouraged people to protect illegal aliens, film ICE “atrocities,” and “resist” at all costs.
Oh, let’s refresh our memory of an incident the day after Walz’s TV address. An ICE agent shot an illegal alien because the man and two others, also illegal aliens, attacked him with a shovel and broomstick.
Local authorities aren’t going to take action, so, yeah, why worry about the consequences?
[Featured image via YouTube (Frey), YouTube (Ellison), and YouTube (Walz)]
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