Trump accuses Minnesota Democrats of fraud distraction amid ICE operations

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President Donald Trump lashed out at Minnesota Democrats on social media Sunday, saying they had been utilizing the continuing federal operations to distract from the state's huge fraud challenge.

Trump made the assertion on his Fact Social media platform, saying federal brokers in Minneapolis and St. Paul had been concentrating on "violent criminals."

"ICE is eradicating a few of the most violent criminals within the World from our Nation, and produce them again house, the place they belong. Why is Minnesota preventing this? Do they actually need murderers and drug sellers to be ensconced of their neighborhood? The thugs which might be protesting embrace many extremely paid skilled agitators and anarchists. Is that this actually what Minnesota desires?" Trump wrote.

Trump went on to name out Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., saying they "don’t thoughts as a result of it retains the main focus of consideration off the 18 Billion Greenback, Plus, FRAUD, that has taken place within the State!"

"Don’t fear, we’re on it!" Trump added.

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President Donald Trump focused Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar on Sunday. (Picture by Alex Wong/Getty Photographs)

Federal brokers have confronted harassment and protests from agitators in Minnesota in current weeks. Federal prosecutors are investigating each Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding regulation enforcement efforts within the blue state.

U.S. Deputy Lawyer Common Todd Blanche instructed Fox Information the duo's anti-ICE rhetoric was teetering on a federal crime.

"When the governor or the mayor threaten our officers, when the mayor means that he is encouraging residents to name 911 once they see ICE officers , that may be very near a federal crime," Blanche stated.

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz introduced that he wouldn't be in search of reelection Monday January 5, 2026 at a press convention on the State Capitol in St.Paul, Minn. (Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune through Getty Photographs)

Bondi added on X, "A reminder to all these in Minnesota: Nobody is above the regulation."

Walz responded to the information on Friday by accusing the Trump administration of "weaponizing the justice system."

"Two days in the past, it was Elissa Slotkin. Final week it was Jerome Powell. Earlier than that, Mark Kelly," Walz wrote in an X put up. "Weaponizing the justice system in opposition to your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The one particular person not being investigated for the taking pictures of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar speaks at a press convention with different members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on funding for and efforts to reform the Division of Homeland Safety. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu through Getty Photographs)

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Frey additionally weighed in on social media, asserting he "is not going to be intimidated."

"That is an apparent try to intimidate me for standing up for Minneapolis, native regulation enforcement, and residents in opposition to the chaos and hazard this Administration has dropped at our metropolis," Frey wrote on X. "I cannot be intimidated. My focus stays the place it’s at all times been: conserving our metropolis protected.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox Information Digital masking nationwide politics and main breaking information occasions. Ship tricks to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on X: @Hagstrom_Anders.