Judge tells the DOJ to take its subpoenas of Tim Walz and beat it
A federal judge just threw out a bunch of federal subpoenas aimed at Minnesota officials, basically calling the whole operation a trash-tier harassment campaign.
So, during the immigration crackdown, the DOJ decided to go after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and a bunch of other local officials. They wanted to force them to hand over records, trying to squeeze them for not helping with federal deportations.
But federal judge Patrick Schiltz was absolutely not having it. He threw the subpoenas in the garbage, calling them an unconstitutional attempt to bully local officials into doing the feds' job.
The funniest part is how blunt the judge was. He wrote that the connection between what the feds were asking for and any actual crime was "extremely weak to nonexistent." In normal-people speak, that's a judge saying: "You guys made this up to look tough." He openly pointed out that the Trump administration has a habit of using criminal probes to mess with its political enemies.
Turns out, the Constitution actually lets states decide whether they want to spend their own money and time doing federal immigration work. Who knew?
It is always refreshing when a federal judge uses official legal terms to basically say, 'Stop being petty weirdos.'
Source: CNN
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