Rob Bonta

And the tradition has been for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division to investigate, at least look, gather the facts, pull them together.

Maybe you conclude that there is no reason to take any additional steps, but you won't even look.

You don't even care about the facts.

You're just going to decide.

It seems so purely political.

And I think the whole country saw that.

And then keeping evidence and access to the crime scene from local prosecutors, from state prosecutors, it was unprecedented and inappropriate.

We recently issued some documents.

guidance here in California in the wake of these positions being taken by the federal government, these unprecedented positions, these very problematic positions, these positions that are contrary to law.

And we had seen statements made by people like Vice President J.D.

Vance saying that federal immigration officials enjoy absolute immunity.

And people like United States Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch saying to us in a letter to me and the governor,

that to attempt to investigate or prosecute federal officials, including immigration enforcement officials for committing crime in California is, you know, his words, illegal and futile.

And that's just not true.

If a federal agent, including a federal immigration enforcement agent commits a crime on California soil against a Californian, can a California law enforcement entity investigate?

And prosecute?

1,000% yes.

So we know what our rights are.

We know what the law provides.

Our North Star is the law and the facts.