It’s official: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are now under investigation by the Department of Justice.

They are both facing allegations of impeding federal law enforcement agents.

It’s FAFO time.

Check out this clip from Fox News:

Just yesterday, Gov. Walz delivered an address in which he referred to ICE as the bad guys and urged Minnesotans to go after them.

Specifically, he called for citizens to carry their phones around to film ICE and “create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans” as evidence “for future prosecution.”

Watch this:

That same day, Mayor Jacob Frey called for Minneapolis police to fight ICE agents.

See for yourself:

These types of statements made by Walz and Frey are the basis of the DOJ’s probe into an alleged conspiracy to impede ICE agents.

CBS News has more details on the investigation:

The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents, an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration’s clash with Democratic leaders there, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

One of the sources, a U.S. official, said the investigation stems from statements that Walz and Frey have made about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents deployed to the Minneapolis region in recent weeks.

Subpoenas are likely to be issued in the probe, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

Gov. Tim Walz is not taking the news of his potential indictment well…

Read his response on X here:

Jacob Frey also released a statement:

What do you think?

Should Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey get prison time for impeding ICE?



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