Pam Bondi joins Jesse Watters on Fox News to discuss DOJ’s warning to Pelosi over calls to arrest ICE agents. (Screenshot: Fox News)
Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to “preserve all communications” following their calls to arrest federal immigration officers operating in California.
Pelosi and Jenkins made statements indicating that local authorities in California, specifically in San Francisco, could prosecute or “arrest” federal immigration agents if those agents violate state law.
Pelosi said:
“It is important to note that California law protects communities and prevents federal agents from taking certain actions here that we have witnessed in other states. While the President may enjoy absolute immunity courtesy of his rogue Supreme Court, those who operate under his orders do not. Our state and local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law — and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them.
Jenkins, in an interview with the New York Times, said her office has an obligation to step in if federal agents violate the law, for example, by using “clear, excessive force.”
Bondi, during a fiery interview with Jesse Watters, blasted Pelosi and other California officials for what she called “criminal interference” with federal law enforcement.
“You cannot disclose the identity of a federal agent — where they live, anything that could harm them,” Bondi said. “Pelosi got a letter today from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. So did Brooke Jenkins. We told them — preserve your emails, preserve everything you have on this topic. Because if you are telling people to arrest our ICE officers, our federal agents, you cannot do that. You’re impeding an investigation, and we will charge them if they think I won’t. They have not met me.”
Bondi continued:
“We will protect our federal agents. They’re out there working nonstop — even during a shutdown — to keep Californians safe. Yet you’ve got Pelosi out there telling people to obstruct their investigations. You can’t do it. We’re going to investigate her now as well as that DA.”
WATCH:
BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi has just ORDERED NANCY PELOSI to “PRESERVE HER EMAILS” after she ORDERED ICE to be ARRESTED @PamBondi: “You are impeding an investigation, and we will charge you. If they think I won’t, they have not met me” pic.twitter.com/l79LRwQNwP
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) October 24, 2025
On Thursday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that the Department of Justice had formally warned California leaders, including Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, Pelosi, and Jenkins, against any attempts to arrest or impede federal agents enforcing immigration law.
The letter reads:
Federal agents, officers, and prosecutors work tirelessly every day to advance the public safety mission set forth by President Trump and Attorney General Bondi. Despite receiving no pay during this current government shutdown, federal agents and officers across all four federal districts in California continue to put themselves in harm’s way to keep Americans safe.
Rather than supporting and working with federal law enforcement professionals, California politicians, including U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, have instead called for state and local law enforcement officials to “arrest” federal agents and officers for enforcing federal laws enacted by the U.S. Congress, including federal immigration laws.
The Department of Justice views any arrests of federal agents and officers in the performance of their official duties as both illegal and futile.
Numerous federal laws prohibit interfering with and impeding immigration or other law-enforcement operations. See, e.g., 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iii) (harboring aliens); 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1) (assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers); 18 U.S.C. § 372 (conspiring to impede federal officers by force, intimidation, or threat or to injure federal officers); 18 U.S.C. § 1505 (obstructing proceedings before departments, agencies, or committees through threats or force).
Further, the Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the United States Constitution precludes a federal officer from being held on a state criminal charge where the alleged crime arose during the performance of his federal duties. See, e.g., Clifton v. Cox, 549 F.2d 722 (9th Cir. 1977) (citing In re Neagle, 135 U.S. 1 (1890)).
The Department of Justice will investigate and prosecute any state or local official who violates these federal statutes (or directs or conspires with others to violate them).
Accordingly, you are hereby directed to preserve all written and electronic communications and records related to any attempts or efforts to impede or obstruct federal law enforcement officials.
We urge you and other California officials to publicly abandon this apparent criminal conspiracy, to stop threatening law enforcement, and to prioritize the safety of your citizens.
In the meantime, federal agents and officers will continue to enforce federal law and will not be deterred by the threat of arrest by California authorities who have abdicated their duty to protect their constituents.
California politicians want to arrest federal agents for enforcing federal law.
We just sent them a letter: Stand down or face prosecution.
No one threatens our agents. No one will stop us from Making America Safe Again. pic.twitter.com/xe0EK8QssO
— Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) October 23, 2025
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