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Posted on 06/23/2026 8:04:12 AM PDT by MtnClimber
U.S. District Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz threw out subpoenas against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other officials regarding immigration.
“This course of events- in and of itself-establishes beyond reasonable dispute that the subpoenas were a part of a broader campaign to coerce state and local officials in Minnesota to assist the Trump administration in its enforcement of immigration laws,” wrote Schiltz. “And, of course, this campaign played out against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s well-established history of using criminal investigations to retaliate against and pressure the President’s political and personal adversaries.”
President Donald Trump and his administration initiated Operation Metro Surge, an initiative to enforce immigration laws in major Minnesota cities. It placed over 3,000 agents in the state.
We all know how that turned out. The situation descended into chaos, leading Trump to oust Kristi Noem as DHS secretary and to appoint Border Czar Tom Homan.
Prosecutors issued six subpoenas for records from the offices of Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and the boards of commissioners in Hennepin and Ramsey counties.
Schiltz said the court only needed to address one reason to reject the subpoenas: “the moving parties’ contention that the subpoenas were issued as part of an unconstitutional effort to coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil immigration laws and to harass and retaliate against them for failing to do so.”
Schiltz determined that Trump used his powers to target Walz and others.
“Initiating a criminal investigation in order to harass political opponents or to coerce them into taking official action-particularly official action that the federal government cannot directly require those political opponents to take-is a blatantly unlawful and unethical use the grand-jury process,” wrote Schiltz.
The judge came to this conclusion because “the evidence that the challenged subpoenas were issued for unlawful reasons is overwhelming.”
Schiltz also pointed out the DHS could not “identify a single plausible investigatory justification for the subpoenas.”
In fact, the judge found that the subpoenas were “extraordinarily broad” and sought to compel the officials to hand over “constitutionally protected conduct.”
“The fact that connections between the information sought in the subpoenas and any possible criminal violation range from extremely weak to nonexistent only adds to the overwhelming evidence that these subpoenas were not issued to investigate, but to harass, coerce, and retaliate,” said Schiltz.
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Another Judge protecting DemocRATs and illegal aliens. These leftists sure do stick together.
How much was the judge paid by George Soros to do this?!
These are not even judges anymore this is not a legal opinion it’s a political diatribe.
More liberal judges destroying America. Liberalism is a cancer.
This ‘judgette’ needs his mangy DemonRAT arse deported. He is aiding and abetting Somalia and corrupt Minnesomalia thieving politicians to rip off the American TAXPAYERS. Deport the bass turd to either the appropriate Somali tribal colony in Minnesomalia or just send him to Somalia to work for the Sammie Pirates. He’s an America hater.
The crazy judge must be back from vacation ,LOL
And the whiners here keep saying where’s the indictments? Well this is what happens when they try.
Appeal, they must.
U.S. District Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz was appointed to the bench by President George W. Bush. His nomination was submitted on December 14, 2005, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 26, 2006.
Appointed into the Deep State by Bush II. (Who nominated him? “Selected him from the those available on the bench? (The judges usually get “nominated” by the Senator of their state.)
Yep. I wonder if he was appointed by either Biden or Obama. The two biggest rats on the planet.
Selected for Chief Judge in Minnesota by the Obama-Biden-Harris regimes.
oh no.
U.S. District Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz appointed by George W. Bush.
“The judge came to this conclusion because “the evidence that the challenged subpoenas were issued for unlawful reasons is overwhelming.””
Get the reasoning there, because the judge believes they did it for political reasons it can be summarily tossed, regardless of the validity or veracity of the evidence supporting criminal activity.
This will be overturned on appeal because his test for the subpoena is not a legal reason to reject, it is the totality of the evidence not an opinion of the reason that a subpoena is measured against.
Just imagine being able to refuse a key witness testimony to a murder because the judge feels the person subpoenaed was picked because the prosecution felt he was not only actual witness to the crime but also happened to be white and the person he is testifying against is Black and perceived this may also be racist.
That is this judges reasoning.
If you understand how judges are picked in the senate for a state, you know that has no bearing on the judicial philosophy or ideology of the judge.
Just look up “blue slips”
Overturned in 3, 2, 1...
They still can. The fight on this is not over
Appeal?
Of course he did!!
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