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The FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says
The FBI is probing whether Signal chats sharing ICE agents' data in Minnesota involved illegal acts amid ongoing enforcement and protests, with potential arrests possible.
- On Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel said he opened an investigation into Signal group text chats Minnesota residents use to share information about federal agents, examining legal and illegal protest actions.
- On Saturday, Cam Higby, conservative journalist, said he infiltrated encrypted Signal groups and Patel said he opened an investigation immediately after Higby’s post.
- Organizers reportedly used handbooks, dispatchers and databases to log license plates and 'dox' agents, while volunteer patrols in the Twin Cities use Signal alongside other tools amid more than 3,000 federal immigration agents in Minnesota.
- Patel warned investigators would seek arrests if Signal coordination violates federal statutes, while Alex Abdo, litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute, said the First Amendment protects sharing legally obtained information.
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FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday confirmed that the bureau is investigating groups who are allegedly organizing protests against immigration officials in Minneapolis, amid daily demonstrations in the city. In an interview with podcast host Benny Johnson, Patel said that the FBI is investigating whether there is any illegal activity within the protest movement in the city, while adding that he was made aware of reporting by an influencer, Cam H…
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