The Justice Department is supposed to investigate crimes, not punish governors for disagreeing with the president. In Minnesota, it did the second thing.
The DOJ served grand-jury subpoenas on Gov. Tim Walz, the state attorney general, and Minneapolis officials, demanding records as part of a probe into whether they "obstructed" a Trump immigration crackdown. On June 22, 2026, a federal judge quashed all six subpoenas, calling them "a blatantly unlawful and unethical use of the grand-jury process." The judge found their real purpose was to coerce Minnesota officials into helping enforce federal immigration law and to retaliate against them for refusing.
That refusal was not a crime. The Constitution bars the federal government from forcing states to enforce federal law. Minnesota's officials had every right to decline, and the DOJ had no business using a grand jury to punish them for it.
This is not an isolated case. The same department has opened investigations into other elected officials who crossed the administration. Turning federal law enforcement into a tool for retaliation against political opponents is an abuse that does not stop at one state.
I am asking you to demand congressional oversight of the Justice Department's use of grand-jury subpoenas and investigations against state and local officials. Ask the department, in writing, to explain the legal basis for the Minnesota subpoenas and who ordered them. And say clearly that no administration should use the DOJ to punish officials for doing their jobs.
A justice system that targets the president's critics is not justice. Please treat it that way.
