UPDATED [7:40 PM ET]: Fox News’ Bill Melugin is reporting that DOJ sources have confirmed the report:
Correct! DOJ sources confirm to @FoxNews that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz & Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are both under federal investigation for alleged interference with immigration enforcement. Probe is early but ongoing. https://t.co/vQwA8FxCFG
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 16, 2026
original story
I reported about the big warning that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche had given Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a couple of days ago, that they were treading on thin ice with how they had been inciting anti-ICE action.
ICE operates in thousands of counties without incident. Men and women doing their jobs, protecting us from criminal aliens.
Minnesota insurrection is a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement. It’s disgusting.
Walz… https://t.co/govuUtcDVN
— Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) January 15, 2026
ICE operates in thousands of counties without incident. Men and women doing their jobs, protecting us from criminal aliens.
Minnesota insurrection is a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement. It’s disgusting.
Walz and Frey – I’m focused on stopping YOU from your terrorism by whatever means necessary. This is not a threat. It’s a promise.
READ MORE: DAG Todd Blanche Drops Hammer on Walz, Frey As Anti-ICE Rioters Go Wild in Minneapolis
It appears he wasn’t kidding, according to a new report from CBS News.
The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents, an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration’s clash with Democratic leaders there, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
One of the sources, a U.S. official, said the investigation stems from statements that Walz and Frey have made about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents deployed to the Minneapolis region in recent weeks.
The Trump administration hasn’t confirmed this yet. They likely wouldn’t until they are ready to act.
Count on this to drive the left into a frenzy. But I suspect that warning is the only reason we got any kind of remarks from Walz or Frey, sounding like they were trying to temper their tone a little, after they had been whipping things up for days, with Walz even saying they were at “war” with the federal government.
READ MORE: Watch: Tim Walz Scrambles to Defend Himself on MN Chaos With Some Particularly Clueless Remarks
Watch: Jacob Frey’s Disgraceful Remarks About ICE Shooting Ignore Facts, Encourage Trouble
Walz, being Walz, naturally shot his mouth off over the reporting.
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. 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. https://t.co/MfgwSjDFwh
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) January 16, 2026
Um, Tim? You’re the one encouraging folks out into the street against ICE. They’re just trying to enforce the law. Those actions are on you. You want to deflect from that by pointing to the ICE shooting, but the facts presently adduced indicate that it was justified. You, on the other hand, were trying to stop the enforcement of federal law.
So we’ll have to see what develops, and we’ll keep you informed.
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