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A spokesman said they would be, quote, prepared to execute the orders of the commander in chief if called upon.

Now, Mayor Frey said the threat of mobilization was an example of the Trump administration trying to, quote, intimidate Minneapolis.

But ICE Director Todd Lyons said it was only necessary because Frey and other Democrats were not doing their jobs.

In my 30 years of law enforcement, I never thought we would have to send law enforcement to protect law enforcement.

You would not see this many ICE agents and special agents on the street if they would just turn people over to us.

And now finally, the White House has opened an investigation into Governor Walz and Mayor Frey.

This has really set off a political firestorm.

Tell us about that.

Right.

In response to their refusal to cooperate with ICE officials and also their apparent unwillingness to combat these violent demonstrators, the DOJ has now opened a criminal investigation into both Walls and Frey to determine whether they had conspired to impede federal immigration enforcement.

We're still waiting to see the subpoenas for ourselves, but the investigation will center on whether the men's actions constituted criminal interference of legitimate law enforcement operations.

Now, in response, Walz called the investigation a, quote, dangerous authoritarian tactic.

He blamed Trump for, quote, weaponizing the justice system and threatening political opponents.

The White House, though, says they are simply enforcing the law and also the will of voters.

As Attorney General Pambandi put it this weekend, quote, no one is above the law.

Yeah, a phrase Democrats have long directed at Trump.

Now the tables have turned here.

Kevin, thanks for reporting.

Absolutely.

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