DOJ Issues Grand Jury Subpoenas to Minnesota Democratic Offices in Probe of Alleged ICE Obstruction: Sources
FBI delivers subpoenas seeking records and communications, source says
Sources told Fox News that the Department of Justice on Tuesday served grand jury subpoenas to five Minnesota government offices — including the Governor’s Office, the Attorney General’s office, and the Minneapolis Mayor’s Office — as part of a federal investigation into an alleged conspiracy to coerce or obstruct federal law enforcement during ongoing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minnesota.
The sources said the FBI delivered the subpoenas and is seeking records and communications tied to the inquiry. The Justice Department declined to comment.
Fox News learned late last week that federal prosecutors were investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over allegations they interfered with law enforcement efforts.
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News that rhetoric from the two officials about ICE was approaching criminal territory.
“When the governor or the mayor threaten our officers, when the mayor suggests that he’s encouraging citizens to call 911 when they see ICE officers, that is very close to a federal crime,” Blanche said.
Walz responded by accusing the Trump administration of “weaponizing the justice system.”
“Two days ago, it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly,” Walz wrote in an X post. “Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.”
Frey also posted on social media, saying he “will not be intimidated.”
“This is an obvious attempt to intimidate me for standing up for Minneapolis, local law enforcement, and residents against the chaos and danger this Administration has brought to our city,” Frey wrote on X. “I will not be intimidated. My focus remains where it’s always been: keeping our city safe.”
The White House later criticized what it described as a mob of anti-ICE agitators who reportedly stormed a Twin Cities church on Sunday, accusing Walz and Frey of fueling the unrest.
“There is no low these radical leftists won’t stoop to,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital Monday morning. “Jacob Frey and Tim Walz have whipped these rioters into a frenzy and turned them loose to wreak havoc on Minneapolis.”
“Frey and Walz should be ashamed for inciting such chaos, but the Trump Administration will continue enforcing the law,” she added.
Jackson was responding to reports that dozens of agitators entered the Cities Church sanctuary in St. Paul mid-service, disrupting worship and causing chaos. Protesters claimed the pastor was a local ICE official.
Department of Justice officials also said Sunday they would open an investigation into the disruption, including a review of potential federal civil rights violations “by these people desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshipers,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said.
