DOJ Sending Letters to Dems Warning Them for Impeding ICE Arrests
Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed to investigate a number of top Democrats who are allegedly impeding federal agents.
Speaking with Fox News host Jesse Watters, Bondi accused top Democrats of trying to obstruct federal agents carrying out Trump’s immigration enforcement orders.
On “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Bondi responded to a video of former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announcing a nonprofit called the “ICE Accountability Project” to “unmask” ICE officers and document “purported criminal actions of ICE and CBP agents.”
“Lori Lightfoot, JB ‘Back Ribs’ Pritzker, they are doxing, telling people the whereabouts of I.C.E. agents. Is that legal?” Watters asked Bondi.
“No, and the first time I’ve seen the Lori Lightfoot video was just now on your show. She will be getting a letter from us tomorrow to preserve anything she has done as well to make sure that she’s not violating the law. It appears she is,” Bondi began.
“You cannot disclose the identity of a federal agent, where they live, anything that could harm them. Pritzker, same ball game. Nancy Pelosi got a letter today from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, so did Brooke Jenkins, that D.A. in San Francisco. We told them to preserve your emails, preserve everything you have on this topic, because if you are telling people to arrest our I.C.E. officers, our federal agents, you cannot do that, you are impeding an investigation, and we will charge them if they think I won’t they have not met me because we will charge them if they are violating the law,” Bondi added.
“We will protect our federal agents. They are out there working nonstop as you are showing right now, during a shutdown. These people are working to keep Californians safe yet you have Pelosi out there saying to obstruct their investigation. You cannot do it and we are going to investigate her now as well as that d.a. Pritzker is on the list, too,” Bondi continued.
Watters jumped in and asked, “I’m not a lawyer but these are warning letters, you send these out to say preserve documents, you’ve been warned you could face legal action if this continues?”
“That’s right. They got these letters today in California because they cannot impede a federal investigation, they cannot impede federal officers doing their jobs,” the attorney general explained.
“They are out there risking their lives every single day and night to keep the people of California safe, yet these lawmakers are insane. They are truly insane by what they are doing and Donald Trump is not going to put up with it. We are going to protect our men and women in blue, we are going to protect all of our law enforcement agents, and these politicians are not going to get away with it anymore,” Bondi added.
Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who is widely believed to be positioning himself for a 2028 presidential run, lashed out at President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance during a Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”
Pritzker was asked by host George Stephanopoulos, following an appearance by Vance on the same program, about remarks Trump made last week on social media, where he wrote that the governor and Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson “should be in jail for failing to protect ICE officers.”
In comments made to reporters on Wednesday, Pritzker essentially dared Trump to try and arrest him, saying, “Come and get me.” The governor expounded on those remarks with Stephanopoulos.
Trump’s initial comments came after reports a week ago that Chicago police officers responding to assist federal agents who were surrounded by a crowd of protesters near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility were allegedly instructed to stand down, according to dispatch audio recordings and internal messages reviewed by reporters.
The agents were patrolling about 15 miles from ongoing anti-ICE demonstrations outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview, a Chicago suburb, when the attack began.
According to federal officials, after agents attempted to escape their vehicle, a woman armed with a semi-automatic weapon allegedly tried to drive into them. She was shot by officers and later taken into custody.
Democrat Party Weaknesses Revealed Amid Ongoing Govt. Shutdown
WASHINGTON D.C. — A scathing op-ed published in The Hill by conservative analyst Liz Peek highlights a growing "civil war" within the Democratic Party that could derail their prospects for the 2026 midterms. As the government shutdown enters its second month, moderate leadership is increasingly being held hostage by a radicalized progressive wing.
The Schumer vs. AOC Standoff
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is reportedly shifting to a more hardline, obstructionist stance
on the budget to ward off a potential primary challenge from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
The Numbers: Polling from Data for Progress shows Schumer trailing AOC by a staggering 19 points in a hypothetical primary matchup.
The Shift: Critics point out that Schumer, once an outspoken opponent of government shutdowns, is now leading one to maintain his standing with the "socialist" base of the party.
The Rise of the "Socialist" Candidates
In the country's largest urban centers, far-left candidates are successfully ousting or challenging moderate incumbents:
New York City: Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani is currently leading former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the race for Mayor. Mamdani’s campaign has been fueled by massive donations from progressive billionaires like Elizabeth Simons and Soros-linked groups.
Minneapolis: While socialist Omar Fateh is attempting to unseat Mayor Jacob Frey, he recently suffered a major blow when the Minnesota DFL (Democrat-Farmer-Labor) rescinded their endorsement following fraud allegations.
A Strategic Failure in Swing States
While "defund the police" and "abolish ICE" rhetoric resonates in deep-blue pockets like Brooklyn or Minneapolis, Peek argues it is "poison" in swing states like Pennsylvania and Ohio. With Trump successfully occupying the "all-powerful center," Democrats are perceived as being obsessed with endless spending and open-border policies—positions that are increasingly out of step with the majority of the American electorate.
The House on Thursday failed to adopt a war powers resolution that attempted to curtail President Donald Trump's military actions in Iran.
It failed by a vote of 212-219. Republican Reps. Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson bucked GOP leaders by voting in favor; four Democrats voted against the resolution: Reps. Henry Cuellar, Jared Golden, Greg Landsman and Juan Vargas.
The resolution, which only expresses the sentiment of Congress, called on the president to terminate the use of U.S. armed forces in hostilities against Iran or any part of the Iranian government or military unless a declaration of war or authorization to use military force is enacted.
The measure was non-binding and not subject to the president's signature or veto.
Speaker Mike Johnson argued Wednesday that the United States is "not at war" but only engaged in a "defensive operation" in Iran.
“We're not at war right now,” Johnson told reporters at the Capitol. “We're in -- four days into a very specific, clear mission and operation."
Later on Wednesday, Trump contradicted Johnson, repeatedly referring to the conflict in Iran as a "war" hours after Johnson said it wasn't.
Sitting next to Johnson during a roundtable on energy prices, Trump said "we're doing very well on -- on the war front, to put it mildly."
A U.S. Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) launches from an undisclosed location in support Operation Epic Fury.
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Johnson had said that the "passage of a war powers resolution right now would be a terrible, dangerous idea."
"It would empower our enemies. It would kneecap our own forces, and it would take the ability of the U.S. military and the commander in chief away from completing this critical mission to keep everybody safe," he said Wednesday.
House fails to adopt Iran war powers resolution
The House on Thursday failed to adopt a war powers resolution that attempted to curtail President Donald Trump's military actions in Iran.
It failed by a vote of 212-219. Republican Reps. Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson bucked GOP leaders by voting in favor; four Democrats voted against the resolution: Reps. Henry Cuellar, Jared Golden, Greg Landsman and Juan Vargas.
The resolution, which only expresses the sentiment of Congress, called on the president to terminate the use of U.S. armed forces in hostilities against Iran or any part of the Iranian government or military unless a declaration of war or authorization to use military force is enacted.
The measure was non-binding and not subject to the president's signature or veto.
Speaker Mike Johnson argued Wednesday that the United States is "not at war" but only engaged in a "defensive operation" in Iran.
“We're not at war right now,” Johnson told reporters at the Capitol. “We're in -- four days into a very specific, clear mission and operation."
Later on Wednesday, Trump contradicted Johnson, repeatedly referring to the conflict in Iran as a "war" hours after Johnson said it wasn't.
Sitting next to Johnson during a roundtable on energy prices, Trump said "we're doing very well on -- on the war front, to put it mildly."
A U.S. Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) launches from an undisclosed location in support Operation Epic Fury.
US Army
Johnson had said that the "passage of a war powers resolution right now would be a terrible, dangerous idea."
"It would empower our enemies. It would kneecap our own forces, and it would take the ability of the U.S. military and the commander in chief away from completing this critical mission to keep everybody safe," he said Wednesday.
On Wednesday Senate Democrats failed to meet a 51-vote threshold on an alternate Iran war powers resolution sponsored by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine and Republican Sen. Rand Paul. The resolution failed behind a 47-53 tally.
