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50 Community, Labor, Faith Groups Respond to DOJ Pursuit of 15 Minnesotans, Continued Pattern of Attacks to Control Those Who Challenge Fed Corruption

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – June 18, 2026 – On Tuesday, June 16, the Department of Justice indicted 15 Minnesotans in retaliation for their bravery in the face of the armed siege earlier this year. During this time, ICE and CBP agents terrorized and brutalized countless Minnesotans, killing Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

In response, Minnesotans came together for our neighbors and as a community, including holding The Day of Truth and Freedom on January 23rd, 2026, where hundreds of businesses closed, tens of thousands of people marched in subzero temperatures, and even more stayed home from work. Today, 50 groups – and growing – representing Minnesotans across parties and places, races and backgrounds issue the following statement: 

“In Minnesota, we’ve shown the country what it means to stand with and for our neighbors. When masked federal agents came into our neighborhoods, abducting and disappearing fellow Minnesotans, and violating our constitutional rights, we took action. We blew whistles. We observed. We donated food.  A hundred thousand of us peacefully marched in minus twenty degrees. No matter what we look like, how we pray, or what language we speak, we looked out for our neighbors and stood up to attacks on our state.

“But now, ahead of our midterm elections, the Trump regime’s weaponized DOJ is lashing out in hopes of intimidating people who challenge their corruption, abuses of power, and attacks on our freedoms. Last week, FBI agents raided offices and homes of Ohioans who ensure voters can cast their votes and have them counted. Now, the very same Department of Justice that refuses to investigate or press charges in the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti is going after 15 Minnesotans.

“We've seen this playbook before: when self-serving politicians are losing, they lie, lash out and attempt political repression. They will do whatever it takes to seize and hold power, including trying to silence our voices and keep us from voting. But Minnesotans have already proven we won’t cave to bullies and their billionaire backers, no matter their fearmongering and division. We’ll continue to stand together and stand up for what is right, because that’s what neighbors do for each other.”

Signed by: 

Communities United Against Police Brutality

CTUL

CWA Local 7250

East Central Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Edina Indivisible

Education Minnesota

FairVote Minnesota

Faith in Minnesota

Gender Justice Action

Handmaids of MN 

Harrison Neighborhood Association (HNA)

Indivisible 507 Rochester

Indivisible North Metro

Indivisible St. Peter/Greater Mankato

Indivisible Twin Cities

Inquilinxs Unidxs por Justicia

Jewish Community Action

League of Women Voters of Minnesota 

Local Progress Minnesota

Main Street Action

Minneapolis Federation of Educators

Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Minnesota 50501

Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)

Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee

Minnesota Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee

Minnesota Indivisible Alliance

Minnesota Nurses Association 

Minnesota State Retiree Council, AFL-CIO

Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance (MUUSJA)

MN AFL-CIO

National Lawyer's Guild - Minnesota Chapter

NE Minneapolis Indivisible

New Justice Project Minnesota 

OPEIU Local 12

OutFront Minnesota

Red River United Indivisible

Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

SEIU - Local 26

SEIU Healthcare MN&IA

Spirit River Indivisible

St. Paul Federation of Educators

TakeAction Minnesota

Tending the Soil

UFCW Local 1189

UFCW Local 663

Unidos MN 

Unite Here Local 17

West Side Community Organization 

Women's March MN - Action Fund

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