{"id":334905,"date":"2026-01-17T14:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/?post_type=to4_article_post&#038;p=334905"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:15:20","slug":"trumps-doj-is-investigating-gov-tim-walz-and-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey","status":"publish","type":"to4_article_post","link":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/trumps-doj-is-investigating-gov-tim-walz-and-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s DOJ Is Investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"truth-post-content-before\" id=\"truth-2793456739\"><div class=\"callout callout inline-callout mb-5 callout--text callout--text\" id=\"truth-304219\" data-callout-id=\"304219\" data-callout-theme=\"text\" data-callout-placement=\"Undefined\" data-callout-title=\"BCB 304219 Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit...\"><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/support.truthout.org\/-\/XXQLBDSX\/&amp;utm_source=truthout&amp;utm_medium=bcb&amp;utm_campaign=304219\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a donation<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The Department of Justice is investigating Minnesota leaders including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, alleging that they are conspiring to impede federal immigration agents due to their outspoken criticism of the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection to the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation, first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/justice-department-investigating-tim-walz-jacob-frey-minnesota\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported by<\/a> <em>CBS News <\/em>on Friday, marks yet another escalation from the Trump administration following the January 6 launch of what the Department of Homeland Security claimed was its larger-ever immigration operation in the Minneapolis area and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/ice-shooter\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killing<\/a> the next day of legal observer Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTwo 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,\u201d Walz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovTimWalz\/status\/2012309689460007150\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on social media in response to news of the investigation. \u201cThe only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"truth-post-content-high\" id=\"truth-2477465776\"><div class=\"callout inline-callout p-4 mb-5 callout--subscribe callout--dark\" id=\"truth-255394\" data-callout-id=\"255394\" data-callout-theme=\"dark\" data-callout-placement=\"Post Content - High\" data-callout-title=\"Stay in the loop\"><h2>Stay in the loop<\/h2>\n<p>Never miss the news and analysis you care about.<\/p>\n<script>\nvar 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);\n<\/script>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of Good\u2019s death, Walz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/walz-minnesota-ice\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the violence was the \u201cconsequence of governance designed to generate fear, headlines, and conflict\u201d and told President Donald Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, \u201cFrom here on, I have a very simple message: We do not need any further help from the federal government &#8230; you\u2019ve done enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frey, meanwhile, responded to the shooting by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/minneapolis-shooting\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">telling<\/a> ICE to \u201cget the fuck out of Minneapolis!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/16\/politics\/doj-investigation-tim-walz-jacob-frey?Date=20260116&amp;Profile=CNN&amp;utm_content=1768606680&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">informed<\/a> <em>CNN <\/em>that the Justice Department has issued subpoenas for both Walz and Frey, but neither leader\u2019s office had received any communication from the DOJ as of Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis 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,\u201d Frey <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MayorFrey\/status\/2012326166565167242?s=20\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> on social media Friday. \u201cI will not be intimidated. My focus remains where it\u2019s always been: keeping our city safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frey continued: \u201cAmerica depends on leaders that use integrity and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/rule-of-law\">rule of law<\/a> as the guideposts for governance. Neither our city nor our country will succumb to this fear. We stand rock solid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A US official told <em>CBS News<\/em> that the leaders were being investigated under 18 USC \u00a7 372, which says it is illegal for two or more people to conspire to stop federal agents from doing their jobs through \u201cforce, intimidation, or threats.\u201d However, this statute has not historically been used against people using their First Amendment right to criticize federal operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5693944-harry-litman-doj-subpoenas-walz-frey-minnesota-immigration\/?utm_sf_post_ref=653483445&amp;utm_sf_cserv_ref=1917731\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> the investigation \u201ctotal garbage\u201d and \u201ca complete and utter non-starter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the statute DOJ was invoking \u201crequires force, intimidation, or threats,\u201d and that \u201cthere\u2019s no way they could prove that, but even more \u2026 the First Amendment prevents any kind of action unless it is imminent and lawless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi, however, seemed to celebrate the investigation on social media, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2012327355327340947\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writing<\/a>, \u201cA reminder to all those in Minnesota: No one is above the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several Democratic politicians joined Walz and Frey in speaking out against the investigation on social media, including several from Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/amyklobuchar\/status\/2012369698524967261\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> the investigation \u201can assault on our democracy and the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSpeaking out against what our government is doing is not a crime in America \u2014 not now, not ever,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BettyMcCollum04\/status\/2012328853180424691\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cAmerica deserves justice, not President Trump\u2019s use of DOJ as a weapon against his perceived enemies. I stand with Gov. Walz.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepAngieCraig\/status\/2012320152373633348\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> that the investigation was \u201ceven more proof that this has never been about making Minnesota safer. It has always been about political retribution for President Trump and his allies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond Minnesota, California Gov. Gavin Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/2012333140090466648\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s corrupted DOJ will stop at nothing \u2014 including ridiculous theories unsupported by facts \u2014 in pursuing his revenge agenda. No one is safe from his abuse of power. It\u2019s sick.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is 100% political retaliation and an implicit threat to all of us standing up for the Constitution,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rep_Walkinshaw\/status\/2012346196644294981\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) \u201cI won\u2019t be bullied and neither will the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/2012338217828147326\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointed to<\/a> other times that Trump\u2019s DOJ had gone after his political opponents: \u201cFirst it was Tish James and James Comey. Now it\u2019s Senators, Governors, and the Fed Chair. In Donald Trump\u2019s America you get a bogus investigation for doing your job. Americans reject this kind of totalitarian bullying. Where are Republicans? Hiding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) both redirected attention to the killing of Renee Good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInstead of investigating the death of Renee Good, Trump wants to investigate Governor Walz and Mayor Frey. Despicable. This is a clear weaponization of justice against Trump\u2019s political rivals and a desperate attempt to distract from ICE\u2019s growing brutality and Trump\u2019s lawlessness,\u201d Van Hollen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisVanHollen\/status\/2012324412985344417\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a follow-up post on Saturday, he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisVanHollen\/status\/2012556306272444629\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continued<\/a>: \u201cOpening fraudulent investigations into Governor Walz and Mayor Frey is a textbook example of prosecutorial misconduct. Judges must start imposing sanctions and holding lawyers accountable. To every federal official participating in these shams: One day you will be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. 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