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In response to a question about Minnesota being "cut off" from the federal investigation into the shooting, Vance said: "The precedent here is very simple. You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action. That's a federal issue. That guy is protected by absolute immunity. He was doing his job," he told reporters. "The idea that Tim Walz and a bunch of radicals are going to go after and make this guy's life miserable because he was doing the job that he was asked to do is preposterous."
Naah, this has come up before. The Feds have a qualified immunity: Nefster
"Federal qualified immunity is a legal principle shielding government officials, including federal law enforcement, from civil lawsuits for constitutional rights violations unless their actions violated "clearly established statutory or constitutional rights" that a reasonable person would have known about."
It's not an absolute immunity, so Vance is out to lunch, but it makes a good soundbite. An ICE agent doesn't have absolute immunity.
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