US EditionDOJ to subpoena Minnesota Democratic officials, including Gov. Walz, in immigration obstruction probe
Federal prosecutors subpoena Minnesota officials over alleged obstruction of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Operation Metro Surge, which led to over 3,000 arrests, government said.
- On Tuesday, federal prosecutors served six grand jury subpoenas to Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, Keith Ellison, Jacob Frey, Kaohly Her and Ramsey and Hennepin County officials.
- The fatal shooting on Jan. 7 triggered protests and a Jan. 12 lawsuit seeking to halt Operation Metro Surge, which Homeland Security said led to more than 10,000 arrests.
- The subpoenas seek documents on whether officials obstructed federal immigration enforcement, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s office ordered to produce records to a grand jury on Feb. 3.
- The move represents a sharp escalation between the DOJ and Minnesota officials, as the Justice Department called the state lawsuit filed soon after the shooting 'legally frivolous' and state and city leaders called the subpoenas intimidation.
- Legal experts say evidence for indictments appears thin, complicating prosecutions, while the statute used in Jan. 6, 2021 cases and deployment of more than 2,000 federal agents with roughly 3,000 ICE and Border Patrol officers raise national implications.
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DOJ subpoenas Minnesota Democrats in legal escalation
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Department of Justice to Subpoena Keith Ellison, Tim Walz, Mayor Frey, Other MN Government Offices
The Democrat party is a criminal syndicate. The Department of Justice, through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has served grand jury subpoenas on six Minnesota government offices—including those of Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey—as part of a federal investigation into an alleged conspiracy to coerce or obstruct federal law enforcement during DHS’s Operation Metro Surge. According to Fox N…
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