FBI serves subpoenas asking for records and communications, source says

The Department of Justice has dropped the subpoena hammer on some Minnesota Democrats who apparently thought obstructing ICE was just another day at the office. Grand jury subpoenas went out Tuesday to five state and local government outfits, including the Governor's Office, the Attorney General's office, and the Minneapolis Mayor's Office, in a federal probe into what sources describe as a possible conspiracy to mess with or straight-up obstruct federal immigration enforcement during ICE ops in the Land of 10,000 Lakes (and apparently endless sanctimony).

The FBI handled the deliveries, demanding records and communications. The DOJ, in classic fashion, had no comment, because hey, why spoil the surprise?

Late last week, Fox News got the scoop that federal prosecutors were eyeballing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly throwing sand in the gears of law enforcement. U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche didn't mince words when he chatted with Fox:

"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, never one to let a federal investigation pass without a dramatic pivot, immediately cried foul on X, 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 in an X post. "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 chimed in with his own brave stand on social media, vowing he "will not be intimidated.""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."

Sure, Jake. Because nothing says "keeping our city safe" like turning a blind eye—or worse—to federal officers doing their jobs while your rhetoric gets people whipped into a froth.

The White House wasn't having any of the chaos theater. After a mob of anti-ICE agitators reportedly barged into the Cities Church in St. Paul on Sunday, right in the middle of services, no less, disrupting worship because they decided the pastor was secretly an ICE honcho, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson unloaded on Fox News Digital.

"There is no low these radical leftists won’t stoop to," Jackson said Monday morning. "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.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced Sunday that the DOJ was launching an investigation into the church disruption, zeroing in on potential federal civil rights violations for "these people desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshipers."George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley weighed in on the legal side of things, breaking down the potential ramifications of the Justice Department’s look into the agitators who targeted that Minnesota church they thought housed an ICE official.

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All in all, it's another chapter in the ongoing saga of blue-state officials discovering that federal law doesn't come with a "sanctuary" opt-out clause. The subpoenas are out, the whining is predictable, and the left is once again shocked—shocked!—that there might be consequences for treating immigration enforcement like an optional suggestion. Stay tuned; this one's got legs. Or at least grand jury intrigue.

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3 House Dems return AOC's campaign donations

No less than three vulnerable House Democrats have reportedly returned donations sent to them by socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

The woke leftist socialist sent $5,000 to several fellow Democrats who will be facing tough competition in 2022: Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA), Elissa Slotkin (MI), and Conor Lamb (PA). They have either declined the money or reported to have committed to returning them according to a POLITICO report.

These Democrats are worried that being tied to a leftist lunatic would possibly hurt them with non-lunatic swing voters.

Comrade Cortez's payments reportedly bypassed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) which isn't as far-left as AOC . . . yet.

The Latinx's campaign received wire transfer information from DCCC staffers without the approval of the leaders. The money came unsolicited and without warning.

The not-so bright staff at the DCCC were naive to the implications of tying a commie to the party's most vulnerable members of the House.

DCCC spokesman Chris Hayden called the money transfers a "miscommunication," while others called it a total screwup.

"We appreciate Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's ongoing commitment to a Democratic majority," said Hayden. "Due to a miscommunication, some transfers were made in error, but that has been addressed."

"The GOP has spent four years saying the front-liners are all socialists. Now they’ve got the receipts to prove it," a consultant who works with swing-seat Democrats told the outlet. "Anyone telling themselves this won’t be in campaign ads is in denial."

Because the front-liners of the Democratic Party are all socialists. Just look at what they want to do to the country.

"Front-liners" is a term used to describe vulnerable members up for reelection during an election cycle. They are particularly vulnerable to voters who are familiar with the workings of math, especially how it affects the economy and the "sailor in the whorehouse" spending Democrats propose.

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