Overview
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sent letters to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Nancy Pelosi, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, calling their posture an “apparent criminal conspiracy” and instructing them to preserve communications.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi said she will investigate and charge officials who direct arrests or doxxing of federal agents, naming Pelosi, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
- U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli warned that arresting or impeding federal officers performing their duties is illegal and said anyone who “touches” agents would be arrested.
- Lightfoot promoted an ICE Accountability Project to identify agents, and House Democrats discussed a “Master ICE tracker,” while California enacted a state law barring ICE agents from wearing masks during arrests, which federal officials say does not apply to them.
- President Trump said a planned federal enforcement surge in San Francisco is on hold after a call with Mayor Daniel Lurie, saying he agreed to give the city a chance to act.