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The FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says

The FBI probe focuses on encrypted Signal chats allegedly used to track federal agents, including a database of license plates and doxxing, raising potential legal violations.

  • On Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel said he opened an investigation into Signal group text chats Minnesota residents use to share information about federal agents, examining legal and illegal protest actions.
  • On Saturday, Cam Higby, conservative journalist, said he infiltrated encrypted Signal groups and Patel said he opened an investigation immediately after Higby’s post.
  • Organizers reportedly used handbooks, dispatchers and databases to log license plates and 'dox' agents, while volunteer patrols in the Twin Cities use Signal alongside other tools amid more than 3,000 federal immigration agents in Minnesota.
  • Patel warned investigators would seek arrests if Signal coordination violates federal statutes, while Alex Abdo, litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute, said the First Amendment protects sharing legally obtained information.
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