The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota’s Democrat leaders amid claims of conspiracy to impede federal law enforcement, sources say.
The Justice Department has issued grand jury subpoenas to the offices of Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, and the attorneys for Ramsey County and Hennepin County, sources told Fox News.
Frey’s office confirmed receipt of the subpoena, according to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
Official Responses
Walz responded to news of the investigation Tuesday.
“This Justice Department investigation, sparked by calls for accountability in the face of violence, chaos, and the killing of Renee Good, does not seek justice,” he said in a written statement.
Frey also responded to the news on X.
“When the federal gov weaponizes its power to intimidate local leaders for doing their jobs, every American should be concerned,” the mayor wrote, including the news of the subpoena. “We shouldn’t live in a country where federal law enforcement is used to play politics or crack down on local voices they disagree with.”
Ellison confirmed that his office received “a criminal grand jury subpoena from the Department of Justice,” demanding “records and documents related to my office’s work with respect to federal immigration enforcement.”
The Justice Department “is more focused on investigating my office than the killing of Renee Good,” Ellison wrote on X. “I will not be intimidated, and I will not stop working to protect Minnesotans from his campaign of revenge.”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has dispatched agents to Minneapolis in order to detain and deport illegal aliens. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that law enforcement have arrested 10,000 illegal aliens in Minneapolis over the past year.
Democratic officials have signaled their opposition to the presence of the federal law enforcement. Frey recently used profanity in urging ICE to leave the city, and Walz suggested President Donald Trump was “at war” with him.
The two made those remarks after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 while she was driving her car, right after her car appeared to make contact with him. She had been using the car for hours to obstruct traffic and frustrate ICE’s law enforcement efforts.
Protests against the presence of federal law enforcement have continued in the Twin Cities area.
The Daily Signal reached out to the DOJ and the offices of Walz, Ellison, and Frey, but did not receive an immediate response.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
