Federal judge halts Trump administration effort to subpoena Walz in immigration enforcement probe

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-subpoenas-e5047e842da6181cbd5f071ab4bb1d7b

Federal judge halts Trump administration effort to subpoena Walz in immigration enforcement probe
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and SCOTT BAUER
Updated 12:29 PM CDT, June 22, 2026

A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials, calling it an effort to “harass and retaliate against them.”

In a ruling unsealed Monday, U.S. District Judge Patrick Schlitz found the “dominant purpose” of the subpoenas was to “coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil immigration law and to harass and retaliate against them for failing to do so.”

The subpoenas seeking records were served in January as part of an investigation into whether Walz and other officials obstructed or impeded law enforcement during a sweeping immigration operation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. They were sent to the offices of Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and officials in Ramsey and Hennepin counties.

The ruling is the latest rebuke by the federal judiciary of Justice Department efforts to aggressively implement the Trump administration agenda in courts and target the president’s political adversaries through subpoenas and similar demands.

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[sheshe2]

1. Recommend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Walleye]

2. Should be emphasized in the article that no other president has done this shit

The way it’s reported they make it sound normal

[GiqueCee]

3. That's because the owners...

... of all the major news outlets are billionaires, and they are benefitting from Trump's ineptitude. At least, they were. Now I suspect they might be experiencing buyer's remorse – BIGLY! Trump's insanity is catching up to his evil. A potentially catastrophic combination.

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[orleans]

5. yay! k&r nt

[malaise]

6. Huge victory

Rec

Add Guardian link & snip

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/22/federal-subpoenas-minnesota-officials-order

A federal judge agreed to quash the US federal government’s subpoenas of leaders in Minnesota issued during the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown on the state earlier this year.

The US Department of Justice issued subpoenas to the Minnesota governor, Tim Walz; the attorney general, Keith Ellison; the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey; and other local officials in the Twin Cities in January.

The department said it was investigating the officials for obstructing federal immigration enforcement. Local and state officials largely did not support the federal enforcement surge, during which federal agents killed two US citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, in the streets.

The US district court for Minnesota unsealed an order from Chief Judge Patrick J Schiltz on Monday that showed the subpoenas were rejected as politically motivated. Ellison posted the unsealed order on Monday, saying the decision to quash the subpoenas was an “extremely rare step” by the court.

[MarcoZandrini]

7. The judge clerked for...

….Antonin Scalia!