{"id":155229,"date":"2026-06-22T14:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/22\/trumps-persecution-of-his-political-enemies-takes-a-hit\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:49:36","slug":"trumps-persecution-of-his-political-enemies-takes-a-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/22\/trumps-persecution-of-his-political-enemies-takes-a-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Persecution Of His Political Enemies Takes A Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Justice Department is pursuing criminal investigations into the President\u2019s political opponents. This case was just one example of that, but we are seeing daily reminders of this administration\u2019s lawlessness \u2014 in Minnesota and around the country. We all must continue to seek justice and uphold the rule of law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, commenting on a ruling<\/a> by \u00a0U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz blocking the Trump administration\u2019s attempt to subpoena Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and officials in Ramsey and Hennepin counties over allegations the Minnesotan politicos were encouraging protestors to disrupt Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity. Judge Schiltz found the \u201cdominant purpose\u201d of the subpoenas was to \u201ccoerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil immigration law and to harass and retaliate against them for failing to do so.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The U.S. Justice Department is pursuing criminal investigations into the President\u2019s political opponents. This case was just one example of that, but we are seeing daily reminders of this administration\u2019s lawlessness \u2014 in Minnesota and around the country. We all must continue to seek justice and uphold the rule of law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, commenting on a ruling<\/a> by \u00a0U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz blocking the Trump administration\u2019s attempt to subpoena Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and officials in Ramsey and Hennepin counties over allegations the Minnesotan politicos were encouraging protestors to disrupt Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity. Judge Schiltz found the \u201cdominant purpose\u201d of the subpoenas was to \u201ccoerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil immigration law and to harass and retaliate against them for failing to do so.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Justice Department is pursuing criminal investigations into the President\u2019s political opponents. This case was just one example of that, but we are seeing daily reminders of this administration\u2019s lawlessness \u2014 in Minnesota and around the country. We all must continue to seek justice and uphold the rule of law. \u2014Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":155230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Benchslapped-01-620x497-WaqEPd.jpg?fit=620%2C497&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}