Minnesota Democrats are in full panic mode after they were served up grand jury subpoenas as part of the Trump administration’s investigation into an alleged conspiracy to obstruct and impede federal law enforcement during ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, saying that the justice system is being weaponized against them.
For reference, the Justice Department, along with the FBI, served the subpoenas on January 20, 2026, to six different offices, including the Governor’s Office, the Attorney General’s Office, and the Minneapolis Mayor’s office. In so doing, it finally started acting on what conservatives have been exposing and demanding redress regarding since the fraud scandal started breaking into the public eye.
As could be expected, the Democrats targeted have gone berserk about it. “Less than two weeks ago, federal agents shot and killed a Minnesotan in broad daylight. Now, instead of seriously investigating the killing of Renee Good, Trump is weaponizing the justice system against any leader who dares stand up to him,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement,
Continuing in the statement, he later added that his office received a subpoena for “records and documents related to my office’s work with respect to federal immigration enforcement.” He further said, “Let’s be clear about why this is happening: Donald Trump is coming after the people of Minnesota, and I’m standing in his way.” Still not done with his rant, Ellison then continued. “I will not be intimidated, and I will not stop working to protect Minnesotans from Trump’s campaign of retaliation and revenge.”
Ellison was far from the only one. Joining in the freakout was Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who put out a statement of his own in which he claimed that investigating corruption is “political theater” that can’t be accepted, saying, “The State of Minnesota will not be drawn into political theater.”
“This Justice Department investigation, sparked by calls for accountability in the face of violence, chaos, and the killing of Renee Good, does not seek justice. It is a partisan distraction. Minnesotans are more concerned with safety and peace rather than with baseless legal tactics aimed at intimidating public servants standing shoulder to shoulder with their community,” Walz said, according to a report from Fox News.
“My focus has always been protecting the people of this state, not protecting myself. Families are scared. Kids are afraid to go to school. Small businesses are hurting. A mother is dead, and the people responsible have yet to be held accountable. That’s where the energy of the federal government should be directed: toward restoring trust, accountability, and real law and order, not political retaliation,” Walz continued. “Minnesota will not be intimidated into silence and neither will I.”
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey published a post on X concerning the subpoena, writing, “When the federal gov. weaponizes its power to intimidate local leaders for doing their jobs, every American should be concerned. We shouldn’t live in a country where federal law enforcement is used to play politics or crack down on local voices they disagree with.”
Abigail Jackson, spokeswoman for the White House, commented on the statements from Walz during an interview with Fox News, saying, “It’s laughable that Tim Walz — who has smeared heroic ICE officers as ‘Gestapo’ and declared that Minnesota is at ‘war against the federal government’ — is complaining about division when he’s the one perpetrating it.” “Tim Walz should stop defending criminal illegal aliens and work with the Trump Administration to get these sickos out of American communities,” she concluded.