2026-06-22T17:38:12.535Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/politics/tim-walz-justice-department-subpoena-thrown-out
- 一名联邦法官阻止了司法部在针对移民执法抵制行动的调查中，向明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·瓦尔茨及其他民主党官员发出传票。
- 地区法官帕特里克·希尔茨裁定，这些传票是违宪的骚扰政治对手的行为，而非开展合法刑事调查。
- 该判决取消了对瓦尔茨以及公开反对特朗普政府在明尼阿波利斯的移民打压政策的州和地方官员的文件索取要求。
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周一，一名联邦法官阻止司法部强迫明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·瓦尔茨及其他官员移交文件，作为其调查民主党抵制特朗普政府移民打压政策的一部分，并称此举是为了“骚扰政治对手”的报复行为。
在一份长达30页的判决书中，地区法官帕特里克·希尔茨认定，这些传票是“违宪行为的一部分，目的是强迫明尼苏达州官员协助联邦政府执行民事移民法，并因他们拒绝配合而对其进行骚扰和报复”。
这一命令是联邦法官再次谴责司法部调查或起诉总统唐纳德·特朗普个人及政治对手的举措。
“司法部并非在开展刑事调查，而是将大陪审团程序用于其他（非法）目的，”希尔茨写道，他是前总统乔治·W·布什任命的法官。
他的判决取消了发给瓦尔茨办公室、州检察长基思·埃利森、明尼阿波利斯市长雅各布·弗雷、圣保罗市长考利·赫尔以及拉姆西县和亨内平县官员的传票。这些传票曾要求获取相关记录和信息，以查明民主党官员是否因公开反对政府部署数千名特工拘留被指控非法居住在美国的移民，而阻挠移民执法。
去年冬季，特朗普政府在双子城开展了为期数月的联邦移民突击行动，引发了大规模抗议，并导致两名美国公民遭枪击身亡。根据国土安全部的数据，明尼苏达州已有超过4000名无证移民被捕。
州和地方官员公开谴责了这一行动，特朗普则指责这些官员煽动了暴力抗议。
希尔茨表示，有“压倒性”证据表明，发出传票只是为了向州官员施压，他指出司法部高级官员曾多次威胁要惩罚所谓的“庇护城市”政策州。他还说，司法部“一直未能成功地为这些传票找出一个看似合理的调查理由”。
希尔茨还指出，宪法明确允许明尼苏达州决定不投入资源执行联邦移民法。
司法部在周一的一份声明中表示，将继续审查其所谓的“阻挠”联邦调查的行为。
“司法部极为重视对联邦执法行动的非法阻挠，并将继续完全依法行事，调查这些事项，”司法部说道。
瓦尔茨在X平台发布的一份声明中对该判决表示欢迎，称针对他的调查“带有政治动机、违宪且毫无依据”。
“美国司法部正对总统的政治对手展开刑事调查，”瓦尔茨说。“这起案件只是其中一例，但我们每天都能看到本届政府违法的迹象——在明尼苏达州，也在全国范围内。我们所有人都必须继续追求正义，维护法治。
弗雷也对该判决表示赞赏，称“因政治对手代表其选民发声而对其发出传票，违反了我们民主制度和人类道义的核心原则。”
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Judge says Trump DOJ subpoenas of Tim Walz and other Democrats are unconstitutional
2026-06-22T17:38:12.535Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/politics/tim-walz-justice-department-subpoena-thrown-out
- A federal judge blocked Justice Department subpoenas targeting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other Democratic officials in the agency’s probe of immigration enforcement resistance.
- District Judge Patrick Schiltz ruled the subpoenas were unconstitutional efforts to harass political opponents rather than conduct a legitimate criminal investigation.
- The decision voids demands for records from Walz, state and local officials who publicly opposed the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
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A federal judge on Monday blocked the Justice Department from forcing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other officials to turn over records in its probe of Democratic resistance to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, calling the move a retaliatory effort to “harass political opponents.”
In a 30-page ruling, district Judge Patrick Schiltz found that subpoenas were “part of an unconstitutional effort to coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil immigration laws and to harass and retaliate against them for failing to do so.”
The order is yet another rebuke of the Justice Department by a federal judge over the agency’s efforts to investigate or prosecute President Donald Trump’s personal and political enemies.
“The Department is not conducting a criminal investigation, but is instead using the grand jury process for other (unlawful) purposes,” wrote Schiltz, an appointee of former President George W. Bush.
His ruling voids subpoenas sent to the offices of Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, and officials in Ramsey and Hennepin counties. The subpoenas had sought records and information on whether Democratic officials obstructed immigration enforcement through their public resistance to the administration’s deployment of thousands of agents to detain migrants accused of living in the US illegally.
Over the winter, the Trump administration conducted a monthslong federal immigration surge in the Twin Cities, which set off mass protests and led to the fatal shootings of two US citizens. More than 4,000 undocumented immigrants were arrested in Minnesota, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
State and local officials publicly decried the effort, and Trump in turn accused those officials of fueling violent protests.
Schiltz said there is “overwhelming” evidence that the subpoenas were issued only to pressure the state officials, noting that senior Justice Department officials have repeatedly threatened to punish states that have so-called sanctuary policies. And, he said, the department “has struggled-without success-to identify a single plausible investigatory justification for the subpoenas.”
Schiltz also noted the Constitution expressly allows Minnesota to decide not to devote its resources to enforcing federal immigration law.
The Justice Department said in a Monday statement it will continue to review what it calls “obstruction” of federal investigations.
“The Department takes the unlawful obstruction of federal law enforcement operations extremely seriously and will continue to act in full compliance with the law to investigate these matters,” the DOJ said.
Walz hailed the ruling in a statement posted on X, saying the investigation into him “was politically motivated, unconstitutional and meritless.”
“The U.S. Justice Department is pursuing criminal investigations into the President’s political opponents,” Walz said. “This case was just one example of that, but we are seeing daily reminders of this administration’s lawlessness — in Minnesota and around the country. We all must continue to seek justice and uphold the rule of law.
Frey also lauded the ruling, saying that “subpoenaing political opponents because they spoke on behalf of their constituents violates the core tenets of our democracy and human decency.”
This story has been updated with additional details.
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