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US Justice Department probing Minnesota Governor Walz, other officials, source says
Reuters ^ | January 17, 202612:30 PM CST | Jana Winter and Andrew Goudsward

Posted on 01/17/2026 12:29:29 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Summary

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation of Minnesota officials, including Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents, a source familiar with the probe said on Friday.

The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said subpoenas were prepared for Walz and Frey as part of the inquiry, but it was not immediately clear whether they had been served.

The investigation, first reported by CBS News, stems from statements made by Walz and Frey about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents deployed to the Minneapolis region in recent weeks under orders from President Donald Trump, the source said.

Reacting on social media to news of the investigation, Walz, who unsuccessfully ran for the vice presidency in the 2024 election won by Trump, said the federal justice system was being weaponized to intimidate Trump's perceived political enemies.

"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic," Walz said.

The governor was referring to U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, Democrats from Michigan and Arizona, who made a video statement urging members of the military to resist illegal orders, and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whom Trump has criticized as being too hesitant to raise interest rates.

Reacting to a CNN report on the investigation, Frey said separately: "This is an obvious attempt to intimidate me for standing up for Minneapolis, local law enforcement, and residents against the chaos and danger..."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 01/17/2026 12:29:29 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is moving ssslllooowwww.


2 posted on 01/17/2026 12:30:13 PM PST by madison10 ("...the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty." Psalm 74:20b [NKJV])
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Walz says Trump has 'weaponized' federal justice system

[Comment preemptively deleted.]

3 posted on 01/17/2026 12:30:33 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

See it in four years ... maybe.


4 posted on 01/17/2026 12:30:59 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Walz probably likes getting probed. /s


5 posted on 01/17/2026 12:32:11 PM PST by DFG
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I hope they wash their hands really well after probing Tampon Timmy!


6 posted on 01/17/2026 12:33:15 PM PST by MortMan (Charter member of AAAAA - American Association Against Alliteration Abuse)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He needs another vacation in China. His indoctrination is not complete.


7 posted on 01/17/2026 12:34:52 PM PST by Eli Kopter (Wherever you are, that is where you are supposed to be...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Probes, investigations, subpoenas. Sound and fury resulting in nothing.


8 posted on 01/17/2026 12:35:24 PM PST by Starboard
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How do you plead, Governor Waltz?


9 posted on 01/17/2026 12:35:50 PM PST by exinnj
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To: Starboard
Probes, investigations, subpoenas. Sound and fury resulting in nothing.

T.A.C.O.: Trump Always Chickens Out.

10 posted on 01/17/2026 12:37:53 PM PST by Yossarian
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“””T.A.C.O.: Trump Always Chickens Out. “””

Is that what your friends at democratic underground are saying?


11 posted on 01/17/2026 12:39:27 PM PST by shelterguy
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12 posted on 01/17/2026 12:42:16 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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For Walz and Frey this is still preferable to them being deposed about what Walz and Frey knew about Somalian fraud and about govt workers fabricating records and specifically how Frey’s wife helped 72 now-convicted scammers get millions of fraudulent taxpayer dollars through her lobbying.


13 posted on 01/17/2026 12:43:33 PM PST by butterdezillion
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Nailed it.


14 posted on 01/17/2026 12:44:51 PM PST by Starboard
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Is that what your friends at democratic underground are saying?

Oh. Wow. What an insult.

Can't stand long-time conservatives being upset at Trump, can you?

15 posted on 01/17/2026 12:45:54 PM PST by Yossarian
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To: madison10
This is moving ssslllooowwww.

My guess?

It takes time to gather all evidence, especially with multiple sites to investigate.

And, gotta give those whistle blowers a chance to come forward and for their observations to be validated and then, further investigations based on their input.

My guesses, we'll see.

16 posted on 01/17/2026 12:48:49 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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I hope the DOJ will combine the issues, as the insurrection against the fedgov is an attempt to distract from their complicity in the fraud.

IOW, I hope they get probed about it all, and that they will at least be charged under RICO if nothing else.


17 posted on 01/17/2026 12:48:53 PM PST by butterdezillion
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RE: Probes of Walz and Frey....

Pete Buttigieg would insist they wear non-latex rubber gloves to probe him. He’s allergic.

Chevy Chase to doctor behind him in the movie Fletch: “Did you used to work in a Turkish prison?”


18 posted on 01/17/2026 12:49:08 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sternly worded memo.


19 posted on 01/17/2026 12:49:24 PM PST by Zathras
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To: butterdezillion

I would like to see the state of Minnesota be forced to pay restitution to American taxpayers for allowing fraud. Make the pay for their corruption.


20 posted on 01/17/2026 12:52:02 PM PST by Starboard
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