Overview
- CBS News reported that the Justice Department is examining whether statements by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey could violate a federal law against obstructing officials through force, intimidation, or threats.
- Following the ICE operation in which Renee Nicole Good was killed, Frey told ICE to "Get the f*ck out of Minneapolis," while Walz urged residents to record immigration agents and asked President Donald Trump to "end this occupation."
- On CNN, host Abby Phillip pressed GOP strategist Scott Jennings to identify explicit threats; Jennings argued some remarks could qualify and said "they’re gonna take these statements to a grand jury," a claim Phillip challenged.
- Former prosecutors Elie Honig and Harry Litman criticized the probe as targeting core First Amendment political speech and predicted any obstruction case would fail.
- The investigation remains ongoing with no charges announced, and coverage now focuses on competing interpretations of the officials’ words and the evidentiary bar for criminal threats.