Sources told Fox News that the Department of Justice served grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to five Minnesota government offices — including the Governor’s Office, the Attorney General’s office, and the Minneapolis Mayor’s Office.
The subpoenas are part of a federal investigation into an alleged conspiracy to coerce or obstruct federal law enforcement during ongoing ICE operations in the state. The sources said the FBI served the subpoenas, seeking records and communications. The Justice Department declined to comment.
Fox News reported late last week that federal prosecutors were investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding law enforcement efforts. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche suggested their public posture was edging toward something more serious.
“When the governor or the mayor threaten our officers, when the mayor suggests that he’s encouraging citizens to call 911 when they see ICE officers, that is very close to a federal crime,” Blanche said.
Walz responded by accusing the Trump administration of “weaponizing the justice system.”
“Two days ago, it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly,” Walz wrote on X. “Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.”
Frey cast the move as intimidation — and promised not to bend.
“This 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,” Frey wrote on X. “I will not be intimidated. My focus remains where it’s always been: keeping our city safe.”
The subpoenas landed as the White House escalated its own rhetoric following reports that a mob of anti-ICE agitators stormed a church service in St. Paul.
“There is no low these radical leftists won’t stoop to,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital. “Jacob Frey and Tim Walz have whipped these rioters into a frenzy and turned them loose to wreak havoc on Minneapolis.”
“Frey and Walz should be ashamed for inciting such chaos, but the Trump Administration will continue enforcing the law,” she added.
Jackson was responding to reports that dozens of agitators entered the Cities Church sanctuary in St. Paul mid-service, throwing worship into chaos. Protesters claimed the pastor was a local ICE official.
