Walz, Frey Subpoenaed in Trump Administration’s ICE Obstruction Probe

(Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP photo)

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) have been subpoenaed in the Department of Justice’s obstruction probe related to immigration enforcement in the state.

Walz and Frey, along with Attorney General Keith Ellison (D), St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her (D), and officials in Ramsey and Hennepin counties, were ordered Tuesday to appear before a federal grand jury, the Associated Press reported, citing a person familiar with the investigation.

Walz posted a lengthy statement to X in response to the investigation against him:

“We shouldn’t have to live in a country where people fear that federal law enforcement will be used to play politics or crack down on local voices they disagree with,” Frey told the AP.

Earlier this month, Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over ICE’s Operation Metro Surge, arguing that it amounted to “a federal invasion of the Twin Cities.”

The move comes a week after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if the “corrupt politicians of Minnesota” fail to “stop” widespread and ongoing ICE protests across the state.

“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time.

The streets of Minnesota have been a hotbed of unrest, which intensified after the shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7.

Since then, many in the Trump investigation have rebuked state and local leaders for being too lax on illegal immigration and for their demands that ICE leave the state.

This is a developing story and has been updated.

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