US justice department to inquire into Minnesota leaders for alleged conspiracy to obstruct ICE

January 17, 2026

Tim Walz, state’s Democratic governor and Jacob Frey, Minneapolis mayor, have been vocal critics of immigration crackdown

The US justice department is investigating Minnesota’s political leaders for allegedly conspiring to obstruct the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown there, according to multiple reports.

The investigation, which CBS News first reported, marks an extraordinary use of federal power to challenge two of the crackdown’s most vocal Democratic critics, including the state’s governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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Tony Blair to oversee Gaza’s future as part of Trump’s ‘greatest and most prestigious’ Board of Peace

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