Jen Psaki laid into Donald Trump and his Division of Justice after the company launched a legal investigation into Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
The previous White Home Press Secretary-turned-MS Now host sounded off on the replace throughout Friday night’s broadcast of “The Briefing,” the place she blasted Trump and his employees as “malicious manchildren” over the political transfer.
“The Division of Justice has opened a federal legal investigation into Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz,” Psaki stated. “And that, to state the freakin’ apparent, isn’t any coincidence. I imply, these two elected officers have been essentially the most outspoken and essentially the most passionate voices concerning the horror ICE is wreaking on town of Minneapolis.”
She added: “As a result of they’re precise leaders, we’ve all been watching them — and never malicious manchildren, like the present occupant of the White Home and his hateful posse of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Tom Homan and Greg Bovino, I might go on — they’ve really referred to as for calm from the second an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good final week.”
Per Psaki, each Frey and Walz have “repeatedly” referred to as on residents to protest peacefully following the killing of Good — all within the identify of not giving the Trump administration “justification to extend its already large federal presence within the state.”
Whereas Psaki highlighted that the majority residents have been following these calls from Frey and Walz, the DOJ’s new investigation claims the mayor and governor obstructed federal immigration enforcement.
As Psaki went on, she highlighted the failings within the Trump administration’s allegation, because the crime of impeding federal brokers requires “bodily power.”
She additional famous, “Talking out publicly towards the way in which ICE is terrorizing the individuals of Minnesota — a reality — isn’t a criminal offense. Irrespective of how a lot Donald Trump needs it was.”
Not solely did Psaki slam the investigation as “very bogus” and “clearly political,” she added that it comes from the identical U.S. lawyer’s workplace the place six federal prosecutors resigned amid the DOJ’s dealing with of the Good case.
Watch Psaki’s full commentary on the state of affairs above.
“The Briefing With Jen Psaki” airs Tuesdays via Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on MS Now.
