Prosecutors subpoena at least 5 officials in Minnesota as federal official defends enforcement operation
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The Justice Department appealed a judge’s ruling that federal agents in Minnesota can’t arrest or use pepper spray on peaceful protesters or stop people in their cars without cause. Follow here for the latest.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi is in Minneapolis for an unannounced visit in a moment of immense tension between Minnesota officials and the federal government. • The Justice Department subpoenaed at least five officials in Minnesota – including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey – as part of a probe into whether the state and local leaders obstructed federal immigration enforcement efforts, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. • DOJ launched a separate investigation after demonstrators interrupted Sunday service at a church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent reportedly preaches. • Critics are denouncing DOJ’s handling of the fatal shooting this month of protester Renee Good in Minneapolis. While the FBI briefly opened a civil rights investigation into the ICE agent who shot Good, the probe pivoted to investigating Good and those around her, including her widow. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino said the level of protest groups’ organization, along with “a very poor response” from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz have made a “difficult operating environment” for federal immigration officials in the city. Bovino, who has led many of the region-specific operations, said the backdrop in which federal immigration officials are operating in Minneapolis differs from what they dealt with in Los Angeles, Chicago, Charolotte and New Orleans due to the groups being “a bit better organized” with “some excellent communications.”
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