Speaker Claims Federal Officer Is Immune From Local Prosecution

The precedent here is very simple. You have

a federal law enforcement official engaging

in federal law enforcement action. That's a

federal issue. That guy is protected by absolute

immunity. He was doing his job. The idea that

Tim Walz and a bunch of radicals in Minneapolis

are going to go after and make this guy's life

miserable because he was doing the job that

he was asked to do is preposterous. The unprecedented

thing is the idea that a local official can

actually prosecute a federal official with absolute

immunity. I've never seen anything like that.

It would get tossed out by a judge. So what

I'd like Minnesota to focus on is the real issue,

that they're encouraging people— Minneapolis

officials are encouraging people to commit violence

against ICE officials.