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douglas9

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Sat Jan 31, 2026, 12:49 PM Saturday

California's Evidence Bank For ICE Crimes [View all]

I had the opportunity to speak with California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday.

The main impetus was to get word out—to Californians, but also leaders in other states—about a system his office set up recently amid federal violence that allows witnesses to DHS abuses to quickly turn over evidence (witness statements, photos, videos, etc.) to state law enforcement officials.

That portal is here.

He underlined it this week along with guidance to California law-enforcement officers about their prerogative “to investigate potentially unlawful conduct by federal agents that occurs on state soil, and where the facts warrant, file charges for violations of the California Penal Code.”

While I had him, though, I took the opportunity to pick his brain about a variety of related matters, including the election-related ulterior motives behind DHS attacks on blue jurisdictions, the posture of Senate Democrats in the fight over funding DHS, how states can protect lawful voters from federal agents, and more.

https://www.offmessage.net/p/californias-evidence-bank-ice-bonta-newsom?triedRedirect=true

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