Pam Bondi Offers To Pull ICE out of Minneapolis if Voter Files Handed Over

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Jan 25, 2026 at 06:56 AM EST updated Jan 25, 2026 at 08:07 AM EST


U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz demanding the state take three specific actions before federal immigration agents would consider reducing their presence in Minneapolis, including handing over voter rolls.

In the letter, Bondi blamed both state and local leaders for the unrest that has come in response to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations. She said that Walz could "restore the rule of law."

The Context

The letter comes after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, during a federal immigration enforcement operation. The shooting of Pretti comes less than three weeks after Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was shot dead by an immigration agent in the same city.

Both incidents have sparked widespread protests and condemnation. In the case of both shootings, conflicting narratives have come from federal and state officials, and video footage taken by bystanders at both incidents has sparked questions and criticism. Federal agents said that Pretti resisted violently, and Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said that an official fired "defensive shots." Walz, though, has said that this account is "nonsense" and "lies."

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-ice-minnesota-shooting-tim-walz-letter-voter-files-11413859

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That's how gang-bangers roll.

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Seth Moulton
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.@PamBondi just threatened to kill more Americans if @realDonaldTrump's political opponents don’t turn over their voter data.

Have you Republicans no shred of shame?
Natasha Korecki
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Full letter, via @PeterAlexander
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9:12 PM · Jan 24, 2026

[underpants]

1. I hate to admit it it with these aholes but this was a very well thought out

3D chess action. The kid with the daycare video had to be part of this coordinated effort.

[SoFlaBro]

18. Fuck that MAGA turd. And fuck those MAGA shitbags that support any MAGA fuckstain.

[MLWR]

2. Walz should issue an arrest warrent for her for EXTORTION.

DHS and their nazi thugs are obviously NOT there to find immigrant criminals. They are there to rig the mid-term elections.

[Escurumbele]

21. Correct! That is blackmail anyway you put it...Why isn't the bar looking into Pam Bondi, she needs to be

disbarred, she should not be a lawyer, she has proven she uses the law for criminal actions.

[James48]

3. Extortion is a federal crime.

18 U.S. Code § 872 - Extortion by officers or employees of the United States

Whoever, being an officer, or employee of the United States or any department or agency thereof, or representing himself to be or assuming to act as such, under color or pretense of office or employment commits or attempts an act of extortion, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; but if the amount so extorted or demanded does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

[BadgerKid]

4. Similar tactics as used against Ukraine.

Very telling.

[JoseBalow]

5. "Bondi Confirms ICE Is a Terrorist Organization"

FTFY

[IronLionZion]

6. Why voter data? They want to know who are registered Dem and kill us too?

[Hope22]

10. This......round us up...

…and fill the boxcars!

[hermetic]

11. Evidently

Hello concentration camps.

[dflprincess]

25. We don't register by party in Minnesota

and we have same day registration so purging people from lists really won't work. Not sure what they hope to learn from our data. They claim it's to make sure Minnesota is complying with Federal voting rules, but that excuse is certainly suspect.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. You spelled threat wrong. Why misquote the post by Moulton?

Are we not trying to discourage propagandist behavior here at DU?🤷‍♀️

I guess that I should be thankful that it's being reported on at all since I already posted it here earlier today at 0630.

Did Pam Bondi say ICE would leave Minnesota if voter rolls are turned over to Trump? What letter actually sayshttps://democraticunderground.com/100220967706

Here's the link to download the letter if anyone is interested.

PDF DOWNLOAD:
https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/01/mn_letter_1.24.26.pdf

[BumRushDaShow]

14. What are you talking about?

My only comment was about "gang-bangers".

Everything else was a copy/paste, including the text of that Xitter post for those who block Xitter posts, and that had image files of the letter, since other sources referenced a "letter" but didn't bother to include it or a link to it, like the Fox News link you are referencing, which I would never link to.

[waterwatcher123]

8. It is the "Honorable Tim Wlaz", Bondi.

Blackmail is not part of the code of legal ethics (disbarment should be the next step for this sycophant).

[Doodley]

9. Oh God. I have a terrible feeling of impending doom for America. This is all carefully planned. America is nearly over.

[vapor2]

12. HER letter is clear evidence, take it to court

[sop]

13. Hey, Pam...how about if ICE leaves and you turn over the Epstein files?

[moniss]

15. Extortion by way of violence. nt

[J_William_Ryan]

16. Apparently

violating voters’ rights is more important to the Trump regime than murdering innocent citizens engaged in peaceful, lawful protest.

It also demonstrates that the deployment of ICE thugs is about the regime’s use of violent political intimidation rather than enforcing immigration law.

Governor Walz should tell Bondi to go pound sand.

[Marie Marie]

17. Hey Pam, go fuck yourself.

[Talitha]

19. This is straight out of Putin's instruction manual.

[Grins]

20. She doesn't have the authority to pull ICE from Minneapolis.

The puppy-perforator can. They are her people.
And the traitorous, lying, orange-hued porn-fucking tax-cheat, can.

That's for starters. But the real story - She's admitting order ICE into Minneapolis was all a political scam to rig/influence elections.

[PatrickforB]

22. DON'T COMPLY. Fuck those assholes. n/t

[TBF]

23. Clearly an attempt at Extortion - and also tells us what they're really after.

They are going to steal the midterms.

[Orrex]

24. Pretty sure they'd take the files and remain in Minneapolis.

[dflprincess]

26. I did see someone comment on Facebook

that the state could give them 1% of the lists, heavily redacted, of course.

[JustAnotherGen]

27. It's a shake down

Every single citizen of Minnesota needs this info. Its for a big cheat in November.

[liberal N proud]

28. This is the end game, it was never about immigrants

[Lulu KC]

29. Ummmmm

No

[cstanleytech]

30. So..... she's confessing too illegally using ICE to gain illegal access to voting records?

[Sneederbunk]

31. No possible deal until you hand over the shooters and the Epstein files.

[BComplex]

32. She would get the voter data and then find another reason to have ICE there.

Republicans cannot be trusted for any reason. Under any circumstances. Except to be total dishonest assholes. THEN they're totally predictable.

[live love laugh]

33. So two people were killed over voter data? Wow.

[Norrrm]

34. Obtaining voter files was not an original reason for ICE to go to MN.

This is a phony rationale.