GOP Judge Unleashes on Trump in Open Court in Minnesota

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2:11Michael Popok:According to a new order of the chief judge of the Minnesota federal courts, listen to this quote from his order, ICE has likely violated more court orders in this month January 2026, it's not even over yet, than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence. Judge Schultz pushing back, fighting back against the Trump administration and its defiance, its refusal to comply with orders in a brand new orders of his, in which he has cataloged that just this month, ICE has violated 96 court orders in 74 cases. And the judge is concerned he's looking to put somebody in jail or find them in contempt.

2:59Michael Popok:And we're here for it on the Midas Touch Network and Legal AF on Michael Popok. How did this all start? Well, Chief Judge Schiltz, because he's in Minnesota, has a number of cases in front of him from the protests on the street, from the murders on the street by ICE. And he also supervises all the other judges in Minnesota within the Eighth Circuit. And he ordered last week that a petitioner identified as Juan TR be released, be given a bond hearing or be immediately released if the bond hearing didn't happen. And when the deadline came and went and they violated that order, the judge issued another order.

3:37Michael Popok:He said, if he's not released by this Friday, the time of my recording, then he's going to call in and require and command that Todd Lyons, the acting head of ICE, show cause why he should not be found in contempt. Unless a stipulation is filed by Friday that Mr. Juan TR is released. Well, they did that. But if the Department of Justice felt like, well, we're out of the woods now, we released the guy, that's the end of it. No, we have the concluding order. He's got to get his pound of flesh, Judge Schultz. And here's what he said in his new order, which is up on Legal AF Substack. I'm glad you're here, by the way.

4:20Michael Popok:Midas Touch, independent journalism under attack the day of Don Lemon's arrest. Hit the free subscribe button. Come over to Legal AF YouTube and show your support for what we do here on YouTube and in an independent journalism. Here's what the judge had to say on page two. Respondents didn't hold a bond hearing. The court then issued a show cause order and scheduled a hearing at which it ordered the personal appearance of Todd Lyons, acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The court noted that if the parties filed a stipulation indicating that one had been released, the court would cancel the hearing and would not require Lyons to appear.

4:58Michael Popok:The parties have now filed such stipulation, and therefore the court will not require lions to appear. But according to the judge on page two, that does not end the court's concerns. Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. Now, when I first read that, I was like, oh, like in a year? That's really high. In a year? It's in a month. It's in the month of January. It's this month. The extent of ICE's noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated. This list is confined to orders issued since Jan 1, 2026, and hurriedly compiled by extraordinarily busy judges, because the judges of Minnesota are groaning under the weight and the responsibility of all, not just the cases where ICE executes or Border Patrol executes an American, but all the other migrants and people who are picked up, and Americans who are picked up been arrested have to be processed through the judicial system.

5:59Michael Popok:It all falls on the Minnesota courts. The judge continues, Judge Schiltz, this list should give pause to anyone, no matter his or her political beliefs, who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence. The court warns, we're getting to the warning part now, the court warns ICE that future non-compliance with court orders may result in future show cause orders requiring the personal appearance of lions or other government officials. ICE is not a law unto itself. ICE has every right to challenge orders, but must follow those orders unless and until they are overturned or vacated.

6:45Michael Popok:Juan asked this court to schedule a hearing about the hardships he suffered and asking for effectively sanctions. The court will not schedule a hearing at this time. If Juan wants to seek monetary sanctions, he may file a properly supported motion to that effect. Judge Shelton. Legal AF is brought to you by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The First Amendment isn't ambiguous and it isn't optional. It's clear government may not establish religion and it may not favor one belief system over another. But across the country, lawmakers and public officials are testing those limits, pushing prayer into public schools, carving out religious exemptions that undermine civil rights, and blurring the line between church and state in ways the Constitution expressly forbids.

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8:40Michael Popok:Now, what's happened since? Oh, you got, you know, I was always wondering how they're going to come after Schultz. Rock rib conservative Bush appointee, not leftist, not Marxist, not activist. Oh, they found it. Fox Propaganda Network and it's black ops. Oh, the judge donated to an immigrant rights project with his wife. Oh, really? I got news for them. Judges are allowed to be apparently a member of the Federalist Society, exclusive clubs, all sorts of MAGA causes. and they can also contribute to the ACLU and immigration rights projects once in a while without it making them unfit or biased or conflicted to make rulings in cases.

9:27Michael Popok:That's the reason that he ordered it is not because of his donations. It's because of the 96 orders that have been violated, including about Todd Lyons. And of course, the Trump administration wants to hide Todd Lyons because he's the author of the secret memo that got leaked by two insider department of ice whistleblowers who said he wrote or signed a memo that gave ice officers carte blanche to use battering rams to burst down the front doors of your home in violation of the fourth amendment with all they have in their hands besides the battering ram is the administrative warrant issued by a Trump judge in ICE.

10:08Michael Popok:So a Trump judge on Trump advice uses a Trump agent to go make an arrest. We're missing something, aren't we? An independent neutral federal judge, district court, Article III judge, or a magistrate judge. Just outrageous. That Todd Lyons. And I'm sure that's one of the reasons they wanted to hide him. Just like they got rid of Greg Bovino, the head of Border Patrol. This was going to be his swan song. He ended up getting fired by Trump. Kristi Noem, sideline, almost on her way out. Pam Bondi's still running around as if she's got a job, as if she's got job security when we know she doesn't. And now they're hiding Todd Lyons.

10:47Michael Popok:We'll cover it all right here on the Midas Touch Network. One plea. Friends of us, friends of Midas Touch, like Don Lemon, arrested at the Grammy Awards for being a journalist because he was a journalist. that was covering a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. There's going to be a press conference. I'm sure we'll get our hands on the arrest warrant or the indictment or the criminal complaint. It shows you that Donald Trump will stop at nothing to crush dissent, First Amendment expression, freedom of the press, and freedom of expression and independent media live here on YouTube, on the Midas Dutch Network, on Legal AF.

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