A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to subpoena Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and several state and local officials, calling the move an effort to “harass and retaliate against them.

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Justice Department from forcing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other officials to turn over records in its probe of Democratic resistance to the Trump administration...

In an order unsealed Monday, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz — an appointee of President George W. Bush — wrote that the “information sought in the subpoenas and any possible criminal ...