Federal judge blocks subpoenas to Minnesota officials in DOJ immigration probe
Schiltz said the DOJ lacked a plausible criminal basis and found the subpoenas were meant to coerce and retaliate against officials resisting immigration enforcement.
- On Monday, District Judge Patrick Schiltz quashed six grand jury subpoenas the Trump administration served against Minnesota officials, ruling the legal actions were retaliatory and unlawful.
- These subpoenas followed Minnesota officials' legal challenge against Operation Metro Surge, a federal immigration enforcement effort, as the administration sought to coerce local leaders into assisting with civil immigration law enforcement.
- The Justice Department "has struggled — without success — to identify a single plausible investigatory justification" for the subpoenas, with connections to criminal violations deemed "extremely weak to nonexistent."
- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hailed the ruling as a "victory for the rule of law," while Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey denounced the subpoenas as "never about justice" but an attempt to intimidate political opponents.
- Attorney General Keith Ellison stated it should disturb every American that the administration is "weaponizing the criminal justice system" against political opponents, as Schiltz concluded the subpoenas targeted constitutionally protected conduct.
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Judge Rejects Trump Administration Bid To Subpoena Minnesota Democrats In Immigration Probe - Real News Now
A federal judge in Minnesota has thrown out an attempt by the Department of Justice to subpoena Democratic leaders in the state, ruling that the Trump administration’s immigration-related inquiry amounted to an improper use of federal investigative powers. In a sharply worded 29-page order unsealed Monday, Minneapolis U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz quashed subpoenas issued to Tim Walz, Keith Ellison, Jacob Frey, Kaohly Her and officials in …
Judge blocks subpoenas of Minnesota officials
What happenedU.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz, in a ruling unsealed Monday, threw out six federal subpoenas targeting Minnesota Democratic officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison. There’s “overwhelming evidence” that the “dominant purpose” of the subpoenas was to “coerce Minnesota officials into assisting” the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis and “to harass and retaliate against them fo…
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