Jordan Berman

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When we come back, we'll talk about this FBI investigation into signal chats, a potential government shutdown, and more.

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FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the bureau is investigating encrypted group chats on the Signal app that protesters use to track the movement of immigration agents in Minnesota.

So this is what happened.

Benny Johnson, he's the host of the conservative Benny Johnson show.

He interviewed this independent reporter on his show named Cam Higbee.

Higbee describes himself as an on the ground reporter and Pentagon correspondent.

And on the day of the Alex Pretty shooting, Higby shared what appears to be a screen recording of a group chat on the Signal app with hundreds, if not thousands, of members.

And along with that screen recording, Higby wrote, quote, I have infiltrated organizational Signal groups all around Minneapolis with the sole intention of tracking down federal agents and impeding, assaulting, and obstructing them.

Buckle up.

All will be revealed.

Each area of the city has a signal or several signals.

Let's start with a screen recording of all members of the South Side group to start.

End quote.

So following that post, Benny Johnson had Higby on his show.

And basically what Johnson and Higby were alleging is that

Officials within – well, actually, Benny Johnson was more so alleging that officials within Minnesota's government or quote-unquote power infrastructure, as he called it, are giving state resources to these signal chats.

According to Johnson these and Higby kind of corroborated this as well Higby wasn't really as focused on like the government officials being a part of this as much as he was just kind of describing what is what's involved in these chats and what these people are saying in the chat so.

Higby was saying that the chats tell people where ICE is at at any given time, and it allows people to track ICE down and prevent them from enforcing the law.