Minnesota Attorney Charges ICE Agent With Assault for Allegedly Pointing Gun at Motorists
“Today’s charges reflect an important milestone in our effort to seek accountability for the harms inflicted on our community during Operation Metro Surge.”
At a Thursday press conference, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced that her office had issued a nationwide arrest warrant for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of pointing a gun at two motorists on a Minneapolis highway during Operation Metro Surge. Gregory Morgan Jr. of Temple Hills, Maryland, faces two counts of second-degree assault in the Feb. 5 incident.
CBS News reported:
[T]he two victims were driving east on Highway 62 on the Interstate 35W interchange, when Morgan approached from behind in an unmarked black Ford Expedition. Charges say he was driving illegally on the right shoulder when the victim in the other car said they moved in front of him to “cut him off.”
The victim then moved back to the traffic lane and Morgan pulled up beside them, pointing a black handgun at the two occupants of the car, charges say. The occupants, not realizing that Morgan was an ICE agent, called 911.
The two victims shared video of the incident to the Minnesota State Patrol, which tracked the Utah license plate of the Ford Expedition. It had been rented out to Morgan’s partner, who was in the back seat of the car at the time of the incident, documents say.
In a voluntary interview, Morgan said he was “conducting surveillance on behalf of ICE” and said he feared for his safety when he was cut off on the highway. He said he drew his firearm and yelled “Police Stop,” then drove back to the Whipple Federal Building near Fort Snelling.
Moriarty told reporters, “Today’s charges reflect an important milestone in our effort to seek accountability for the harms inflicted on our community during Operation Metro Surge.”
“Driving while pointing a weapon out of your moving vehicle at the victims who are in another moving vehicle could have led to yet another disastrous incident in a community that has already suffered too many,” she said.
She called Morgan’s actions “extremely dangerous” and “well beyond the scope of his authority as a law enforcement agent.”
Asked about the so-called “victims” cutting Morgan off, Moriarty said it was not advisable, noting that at most it might qualify as a petty misdemeanor, but emphasized that her focus remains on the ICE agent’s conduct. Naturally.
According to the charging documents, Morgan was charged by warrant because “there is a substantial likelihood that [he] will fail to respond to a summons and because his present location is not reasonably discoverable.”
Questions from reporters regarding Mary Moriarity's unconstitutional warrants for ICE agents who not only were doing their jobs enforcing immigration laws but also dealing with Minnesota's violent mob and domestic terrorists like Renee Good, and Alex Pretti.
Moriarity must be… pic.twitter.com/ym1N1DZuTi
— Kim "Katie" USA (@KimKatieUSA) April 16, 2026
According to the New York Times, it is extremely unusual for a state government to arrest a federal law enforcement officer for on-duty actions.
State prosecutors face formidable practical and legal obstacles in pursuing criminal charges against federal agents. Federal agents also have broad immunity from prosecution in state court for on-duty conduct. State officials also say the federal government has refused to provide local investigators with basic information, including the names of agents, in many cases.
This is music to the Trump Admin's ears.
This is a fight they are happy to have.
First question — where were the Minneapolis Police when these events happened? https://t.co/LBEpM5M71m
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) April 16, 2026
Mary Moriarty and the Democrats in Minnesota, somehow believe federal law does not apply to them, but that their state laws apply to federal agents.
That’s adorable.
DHS needs to come down on her like a ton of bricks. Today. https://t.co/J0nS6cBcny
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) April 16, 2026
Finally, a word about the prosecutor herself is in order. The uber progressive Moriarty is a Soros-backed attorney who was elected to her position in 2022. Her tenure has been marked by recurring controversy, with critics contending that her prosecutorial approach reflects uneven standards shaped by political alignment. Her charging decisions appear to be influenced more by ideology than by the consistent application of the law.
She has developed a reputation for being soft on crime — that is for those with the right political affiliations. For example, she came under heavy fire last year for refusing to file criminal charges against a defendant, a Democratic Minnesota state employee, who was caught on camera causing more than $20,000 in damages to Teslas.
Meet Minnesota State employee Dylan Bryan Adams. He was reportedly arrested for allegedly causing over $20,000 in damages to Teslas in Minneapolis after he vandalized them.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has decided NOT to file criminal charges.
.@AGPamBondi pic.twitter.com/fKwFhJdAlw
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 22, 2025
An X user emphasizes Moriarty’s prosecutorial bias in the post below:
Photo 1: A Hennepin county attorney that released a Somalian rapist with no jail time that ended up raping again.
Photo 2: A Hennepin county attorney that wants to put ICE Agents in jail. pic.twitter.com/VGWNrDPnga
— C3 (@C_3C_3) April 16, 2026
This case will likely spark a major legal showdown between the federal government and Minnesota state officials. Moreover, Moriarty indicated that it’s just one of “18 incidents involving federal agents now under investigation by her office.”
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Oh, please, please, please! Arrest the ICE agent so we can have federal authorities come and drag you away for interefrence with federal law and obstruction of justice.
Jefferson Davis is smiling at his democrats.
She would have done the same to FBI agents chasing the KKK and to the 101st Airborne integrating schools.
Cutting someone off in a shoulder is not a misdemeanor. It’s felony reckless driving. A private citizen is not deputized to intervene and make sure that others follow traffic law.
Guaranteed these people in the car were ‘Newt Gingrich phone call recorders’.
The “victims” perpetrated assault against Federal agents. They knew who they were cutting off and used their vehicle in a reckless manner.
It is clear that Minnesota is not operating properly at local, county, or state level. They do not recognize that Federal Law and government employees are over their law.
I think we could safely say that Minnesota is now in a state of insurrection and should be dealt with accordingly. That is all.
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At the very least she needs to be disbarred.
Is it Mary or Martin?
or maybe Mark.
Herr Starmer’s brother from another mother.
She looks like Kier Starmer’s evil twin.
Lesbian. That’s all I need to say. (Not that there is anything wrong with that)
There is EVERYTHING wrong with that. Proud homosexuals have a [literally] retarded emotional level. The same as a preteen girl. This is why you NEVER put them in positions of power.
I know a number of homosexuals of both sexes and they are not on board with this type of nonsense. Ric Grinell and Mr Bessent come to mind as two of the best who are gay but don’t make an issue of it.
Yeah the ones who live their lives secure in who they are fine. The ones who make a big think out of the “peculiarity” are the ones we can do without, This one is clearly in the latter camp,
That’s been my experience/observation as well. People who meet their basic civic responsibilities and basic social expectations tend not to make a spectacle of their private lives, don’t seek to shove an agenda (religious/secular) into other folks faces, make their tribal membership into a narcissistic display or seek advantage/sympathy from that tribal membership.
Until you act against THEM, you will accomplish nothing.
This cesspool jailed an officer for responding to an overdose. They should not HAVE a police force if the cannot respect their right to exist in the same environment as overdosing criminals.
Leave them, or visit upon them the lawlessness they crave. Anything else is spectacle and whataboutism.
They won’t change because you’re angry. So try something else
Same state railroaded Derek Chauvin into prison. . The same state that gave a law enforcement officer’s license to a 60 IQ Somali who shot ACROSS his partner in a vehicle, murdering Justine Damond.
How long we will allow this insanity to continue
If there’s any justice in the world, she’ll be disbarred and teaching at the Mike Nifong school of typewriter repair at the end of this news cycle.
You misspelled “breaking rocks into smaller rocks in prison”
Believe all women—changed to believe liberal women
Give benefit of the doubt—changed to give benefit to illegals and prosecute federal agents
Police draw on perceived threats all the time in this country. Many (all?) police departments consider it a “use of force” and it must be reported and internally investigated as such. (Some PDs even consider it a “use of force” if an officer merely places his hand on his sidearm.)
I suspect that if the instant case goes forward, investigation into the “victims” will find they were part of the campaign of harassment and intimidation that was being conducted in Minnesota against ICE and that the ICE agent was correct to assess them as threats.
“ Some PDs even consider it a “use of force” if an officer merely places his hand on his sidearm.”
Being in a police uniform is considered use of force, as well as giving commands. After that, the use of force continuum moves into actual physical techniques, as well as less-lethal and lethal weapons.
That’s what I was taught in the police academy.
“Force Continuum”, starts with officer presence and escalates from there. Police point guns at people when there is threat of death or serious bodily injury. That is a threat, not a use. Regarding the charges from the DA, Idaho attempted to charge the FBI sniper that killed Vicky Weaver at Ruby Ridge, feds said- no. Same will happen.
Won’t even go that far. It will be moved to Federal Court and dismissed out of hand. This is just more Kabuki theater.
The Minneapolis police force should walk out in mass. Let Minneapolis descend into the 12th level of hell. They want the criminals to treated as exalted citizens. Let the populace enjoy what they have voted for all these years.
Dear, AI.
Is this attorney gay? She looks like it to me.
Answer-
Yes, she is a full on, bull dyke lesbo, married to a woman. She is so queer that she filed suit against the alphabet for having only 26 letters.
What, that wasn’t patently obvious what she was?
CBS is curating the facts in a manner most favorable to the far-left. I suspect the “victims” knew the ICE vehicle, and played a dangerous game of vehicular chicken, similar to Ms Good. Their intent was to engage in strong provocation and likely to cause harm, and then claim to be victims. The prosecutor understands the choreography, and is performing her moves.
It’s a beautiful day in Mr Soros’ neighborhood.
Like this should inconvenience a federal government that neatly whisked Lon Horiuchi out of state jurisdiction after he had been indicted for the MURDER of Randy Weaver’s wife.
It was still the state prosecutor who got to prosecute Horiuchi in federal court.
Who got to, and then suddently didn’t.
Wonder what changed his mind.
A homosexual in a position of power again. WHEN will you people learn?
This out to be interesting.
Why do they always show her in grey/b&w when the rest of the room is in color?
/Nevermind
The picture of the two women (?) is emblematic of the rot in Minnesota.
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