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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Trump's anti-immigrant overreach backfires; 'It looks bad,' says advisor

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

MS NOW, Jen Psaki

Politics, News, Ms Now, Versant Media, Versant

4.4975 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

As courts rebuke ICE violence in Minneapolis, and Donald Trump doubles down on corrupting the Justice Department by opening investigations into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Americans are watching everything that is taking place and are not liking what they see. Jen Psaki looks at how the tide has turned on Trump after his obnoxious handling of what used to be his strongest issue, immigration.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We have a fire hose of raking news to tell you about tonight.

0:04.6

And I want to start with the good news.

0:06.2

And I just referenced this with Crystal.

0:07.6

Let me give you a little bit more description and I'll say it a little bit slower.

0:11.6

So tonight a federal judge in Minnesota has blocked ICE, CBP, other federal agencies assisting

0:17.6

them from impeding the free speech rights of protesters or using force against them unless they are interfering with enforcement activities.

0:25.6

Now, it's always how they define that, but this is certainly good, big news from a ruling tonight.

0:32.6

This is a lawsuit, of course, that was brought all the way back in December by six protesters on behalf of anyone

0:37.8

who records, observes, and protests ICE's ongoing operations in Minnesota. The judge even said

0:44.1

that ICE is not entitled to stop and surge protesters in their cars solely because they are safely

0:50.9

following ICE and other federal law enforcement at an appropriate distance.

0:55.3

And again, we are still digesting this ruling. As I mentioned to Chris, it just came out.

0:59.9

It's a whole lot of pages. We're looking through it. We're combing through it.

1:02.8

But one thing is very clear. It is bad news for the Trump administration and good news for the people

1:08.9

exercising their First Amendment rights in Minnesota.

1:12.2

Which brings me to the other piece of breaking news we are following tonight.

1:16.0

MSNN reported that the Department of Justice has opened a federal criminal investigation

1:20.6

into Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye and Minnesota Governor Tim Walls.

1:25.4

And that to state the freaking obvious is no coincidence.

1:29.5

I mean, these two elected officials have been the most outspoken and the most passionate voices

1:34.8

about the horror ISIS reeking on the city of Minneapolis. And because they are actual leaders,

1:41.5

we've all been watching them, and not malicious man children,

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