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Anti-ICE agitators occupy Minnesota Target store, demand retailer stop helping federal agents
Anti-ICE protesters staged a sit-in inside and occupied a Target store in Minnesota on Monday, demanding that the retailer take a stand against federal immigration authorities.
A group of protesters occupied the store, claiming Target was allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to operate in its parking lot.
"Target parking lots have been a meeting place for ICE agents," one protester holding an "Abolish ICE" sign said at the retailer's St. Paul location. "ICE agents are using the toilets at Target, so they're facilitating this invasion."
Target is serving as a "staging ground" for ICE, he said.
"They're not at all participating in challenging this ethnic cleansing we're seeing in this country," he said.
Another protester said she was calling on Target to stand with the community to "protect our tiny children from losing their parents."
"We don't just want your tiny baby clothes. We want your protection for our families," she said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the retailer.
The protesters were seen sitting in the middle of the store chanting and speaking out against ICE. One woman called for better treatment of immigrants and their right to decent housing and opportunities.
"You must stop treating immigrants wrong," one woman said.
The group called for the abolition of ICE and for Target to take a position as the Trump administration continues to arrest criminal illegal immigrants in and around Minneapolis.
"We'll be back, we'll be back," they chanted.
Many of the people arrested were living in the United States illegally and have committed crimes, administration officials have said. A viral video circulating online appeared to show agitators interfering with an ICE operation targeting an alleged child sex offender in Minnesota.
The video shows an ICE agent confronting people in St. Paul who he said were honking their car horns and disrupting federal officers as they attempted to take a suspect into custody.
"We're here to arrest a child sex offender and you guys are out here honking," the agent says in the video.
"No, we're press," someone off-camera responds. "We're not honking."
The agent then points to a nearby vehicle.
"That vehicle right there is honking and impeding our investigations while we're trying to arrest a child sex offender. That's who you guys are protecting. Insane."
Fox News Digital's Sophia Compton contributed to this report.
Ellen DeGeneres draws criticism for comments on Minneapolis protests
Ellen DeGeneres weighed in on the unrest roiling Minneapolis as she remembered the Midwestern city as the "happiest in America."
Daily protests have been ongoing throughout January since the Department of Homeland Security ramped up immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul by bringing in more than 2,000 federal officers. The operation has become more confrontational since the fatal shooting of Renee Good on Jan. 7.
"I just wanted to say I am so sorry for what is happening in Minneapolis and our country, really, but specifically Minneapolis right now," DeGeneres began in her video. "Because it's where I shot my last stand-up special, and everybody there couldn't have been more lovely."
"I shot it there because they say it's the happiest city in America. And I found that to be true," the comedian added. "So my thoughts and my prayers are going out to everyone. And I'm proud of everyone who's protesting peacefully, and I am sorry for anyone who has been hurt just for protesting, for doing what you should be doing."
Her post drew mixed reactions, as some shared support while others criticized DeGeneres' choice to share the video.
"Love will always outweigh hate!" a user said.
"Wow, I agree with you on this even though we differ politically! Peace through unity," another added.
"As a Minnesotan, thank you. It’s rough here," someone else said.
"Ellen has no clue what’s going on out there," one user wrote.
"Ellen you should ask these illegal immigrants to cooperate with ICE so no one has to protest," another commented.
"I am so sorry too ! Why don’t these people stay home and let ICE do the job we as a country voted for," another user wrote.
"You really think anyone cares what you think now? Dream on," another user added, seemingly referencing DeGeneres' decision to leave the U.S. after Trump's re-election in 2024.
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DeGeneres traded Hollywood glitz for the English countryside after President Donald Trump's return to the White House in November 2024. After Trump's re-election, DeGeneres and her partner, Portia de Rossi, left California for a life in the U.K.
Shortly after news of the couple's big move broke, the two were spotted out with a group of friends at The Farmer's Dog in the Cotswolds, a countryside region in England. It is unclear where in the U.K. they relocated to, but they are rumored to live in the English countryside.
DeGeneres and de Rossi sold their Montecito home in August 2024, Fox News Digital previously confirmed with the couple's realtor, Riskin Partners.
DeGeneres had publicly supported Vice President Kamala Harris to become the next president of the United States by re-sharing Taylor Swift's social media endorsement.
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"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" star has largely kept out of the spotlight after allegations of a toxic workplace led to the show's demise. Renamed "The Ellen Show," the program ended after 19 seasons, with the last episode airing on May 26, 2022.
DeGeneres spoke about how she now spends her time after being "kicked out of show business" in her comedy special, "For Your Approval."
"I decided to take up gardening," DeGeneres said, according to The Wrap. "I got chickens. Let me see what else I can tell you about what’s been going on. . . . Oh yeah, I got kicked out of show business. . . . Yeah, the ‘be kind’ girl wasn’t kind. That was the headline."
"Had I ended my show by saying, ‘Go f--- yourselves,’ people would have been pleasantly surprised to find out I’m kind," the comedian added.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
From Caracas to Chicago: Trump’s Article II powers face their biggest tests yet
President Donald Trump has spent the bulk of his second White House term testing the limits of his Article II authorities, both at home and abroad – a defining constitutional fight that legal experts expect to continue to play out in the federal courts for the foreseeable future.
These actions have included the U.S. capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, who was deposed during a U.S. military raid in Caracas earlier this month, and Trump's continued fight to deploy National Guard troops in Democrat-led localities, despite the stated objections of state and local leaders.
The moves have drawn reactions ranging from praise to sharp criticism, while raising fresh legal questions about how far a sitting president can go in wielding power at home and abroad.
Legal experts told Fox News Digital in a series of interviews that they do not expect Trump's executive powers to be curtailed, at least not significantly or immediately, by the federal courts in the near-term.
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Despite near-certain challenges from Maduro – who would likely argue any U.S. arrest in Venezuela is illegal, echoing Manuel Noriega’s failed strategy decades ago – experts say Trump’s Justice Department would have little trouble citing court precedent and prior Office of Legal Counsel guidance to justify his arrest and removal.
U.S. presidents have long enjoyed a wider degree of authority on foreign affairs issues – including acting unilaterally to order extraterritorial arrests. Like other U.S. presidents, Trump can cite guidance published in the late 1980s to argue Maduro's arrest was made within the "national interest" or to protect U.S. persons and property.
Even if an arrest were viewed as infringing on another country’s sovereignty, experts say Trump could cite ample court precedent and longstanding Office of Legal Counsel and Justice Department guidance to argue the action was legally sound.
A 1989 memo authored by then-U.S. Assistant Attorney General Bill Barr has surfaced repeatedly as one of the strongest arguments Trump could cite to justify Maduro's capture. That OLC memo states that "the president, pursuant to his inherent constitutional authority, can authorize enforcement actions independent of any statutory grant of power." It also authorizes FBI agents to effectuate arrests ordered by the president under the "Take Care" clause of the U.S. Constitution, and says the authority to order extraterritorial arrests applies even if it impinges "on the sovereignty of other countries."
Importantly, federal courts have read these powers to apply even in instances where Congress has not expressly granted statutory authorization to intervene.
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"When federal interests are at stake, the president, under Article II, has the power to protect them," Josh Blackman, a constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law, told Fox News Digital in an interview.
That's because Article II, at its core, is "the power for a U.S. president to protect [its] people," Blackman said.
"The reason why we detained Maduro was to effectuate an arrest. DOJ personnel and FBI agents were there to arrest him and read him his rights. And the reason why we used 150 aircraft, and all the other military equipment, was to protect the people who were going to arrest Maduro," he added. "It was a law enforcement operation, but [with] military backing to protect them – so Article II does factor in here, indirectly."
Though Trump himself has not cited a legal justification for the invasion, senior administration officials have, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who described Maduro's arrest respectively, as a mission to indict two "fugitives of justice," and as a "joint military and law enforcement raid."
In Minnesota, next steps for Trump are a bit more fraught.
Trump's National Guard deployment efforts were stymied by the Supreme Court in December, after the high court halted Trump's National Guard deployments under Title 10.
Trump had deployed the federalized troops to Illinois and Oregon last year to protect ICE personnel. But the high court issued an interim order rejecting Trump's bid, noting that under Title 10, the administration could not federalize the National Guard until it first showed they tried to authorize the regular military to enforce the laws but could not do so.
Some court watchers have noted that the ruling essentially closes off alternatives for Trump to act.
Instead, Trump could opt to enact his Article II "protective powers" domestically via a more sweeping and extreme alternative.
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This includes the use of the Insurrection Act to call up active-duty U.S. troops and order them deployed to Minnesota and elsewhere.
The Insurrection Act is a broad tool that gives presidents the authority to deploy military forces in the U.S. when "unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion" make it "impracticable to enforce the laws."
Critics note it is a powerful, far-reaching statute that could grant Trump an expansive set of powers to act domestically in ways that are not reviewable by Congress or by the courts.
Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard Law professor and former U.S. Assistant Attorney General, noted this possibility in a recent chat with former White House counsel Robert Bauer. By "closing off this other statute," he said, the Supreme Court "may have, some argue, driven the president in the direction of the Insurrection Act because this other source of authority was not available."
Trump allies, for their part, have argued that the president has few other options at his disposal in the wake of the Supreme Court's interim ruling.
Chad Wolf, the America First Policy Institute’s chair of homeland security and immigration, told Fox News Digital last week that Trump could have "little choice" but to invoke the Insurrection Act.
"If the situation on the ground in Minneapolis continues to grow violent, with ICE officers being targeted and injured as well as other violent acts … Trump will have little choice," he said.
Experts are split on to what degree there is a through-line between the two issues.
Blackman, the South Texas College of Law professor, said the "point of connection" in Trump's actions is the presidential "power of protection" under Article II, which he said applies both abroad and at home. "The president can protect his law enforcement domestically, and he can protect his law enforcement abroad, both under Article II."
Fox News Digital's Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.
Popular sandwich chain closes last location in Minnesota, offering fans one final bite
A beloved Midwestern sandwich chain is shutting its last restaurant in Minnesota — and offering fans one last chance to stop by.
Milio's, a Wisconsin-based sandwich chain, is closing its 3813 W. 44th St. location in the Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis.
Curran Kulseth, the general manager of the Milio's location, wrote a note on a local Facebook group this month saying the closure came "sooner than we all thought," according to Minnesota outlet Bring Me the News.
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Kulseth reportedly pointed toward "happenings in the city and traffic dying down in January," though it is unclear if he was referring to the anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests and activity in Minneapolis specifically.
The manager added that the chain will be open for one last day on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
"We are doing this for you, so please make sure you come stop by, share your stories, take pictures and have one last Milio's sandwich with us. Thank you, Linden Hills and Edina," the note read.
Kulseth, speaking to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal in December, said that corporate decided to close the location for financial reasons.
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Over the past few months, the chain reported less foot traffic than usual, Kulseth said — marking a revenue decrease of about $80,000.
"You all have been amazing, and I would love to stay open forever for you," Kulseth wrote in an earlier closure announcement, according to the Business Journal.
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"But I'd be charging you $15 a sandwich and that's just not doable," he added.
The Linden Hills location had been open for nearly 20 years, according to the report.
The closure will leave Milio's with 15 locations left across Wisconsin and Iowa, according to the Business Journal.
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The chain sells classic deli-style subs, offering everything from turkey and roast beef sandwiches to Italian-style meats, plus tuna salad and veggie options.
Some of Milio's sweet options also include white chocolate macadamia cookies, brownies and cookies made with Reese's Pieces, chocolate chips and salted caramel chunks.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Linden Hills restaurant for comment but was unable to connect with staff.
Milio's did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Brooklyn Beckham blasts parents David and Victoria, says family ‘controlled’ him for years
Brooklyn Beckham is standing up for himself for the "first time" in his life and has no intention of reconciling with his family as he addresses the ongoing family feud publicly for the first time.
On Monday, Victoria and David Beckham's oldest son took to Instagram and shared a lengthy statement about his relationship with his parents.
"I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private," Brooklyn began. He said that his parents had gone to the press, which left him with "no choice" but to address the family rift publicly.
"I do not want to reconcile with my family. I’m not being controlled, I’m standing up for myself for the first time in my life. For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family," Brooklyn wrote.
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He continued, "For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family [with] performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships. … Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they’ll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade."
Brooklyn, 26, went on to say that his parents have "been trying endlessly" to ruin his relationship with Nicola Peltz, long before they tied the knot. He addressed the rumored feud that began between Nicola and Victoria after the former Spice Girl stopped designing her future daughter-in-law her wedding dress in the "eleventh hour."
Brooklyn alleged David and Victoria "repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe" him into "signing away the rights to" his name.
"My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since," Brooklyn said. "During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me ‘evil’ because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra and Nicola’s Naunni at our table because they both didn’t have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours."
Brooklyn alleged that the night before his wedding, family members told him that Nicola was "not family." He said his parents sent his brothers to attack him on social media before they blocked him last summer. Late last year, Brooklyn's brother Cruz alleged that Brooklyn blocked their entire family on social media.
Brooklyn said Victoria "hijacked" his first dance at his wedding, which was in front of 500 guests at their Palm Beach, Florida nuptials in 2022. He said Marc Anthony called him to the stage at the time when he was scheduled to dance with his wife. Instead, Victoria was waiting for him at the stage for a dance.
"She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life," Brooklyn said.
He explained that he and Nicola renewed their vows privately to "create new memories of our wedding day that brings us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment."
Brooklyn continued making harsh claims about his family and said they "value public promotion and endorsements above all else."
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"Brand Beckham comes first," he alleged.
"Family ‘love’ is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it’s at the expense of our professional obligations. We’ve gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party and every press activity to show ‘our perfect family,'" he continued. "But the one time my wife asked for my mum’s support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused."
The 26-year-old went on to address the narrative that his wife controls him. Brooklyn denied these claims.
"I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared. I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief," he wrote.
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Brooklyn's lengthy statement concluded, "My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family."
Reps for David and Victoria did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Anti-ICE agitators disrupt Minnesota church, shout down worshippers during Sunday service
Anti-ICE protesters disrupted services and shouted down parishioners inside a Christian church in Minnesota over the weekend for not challenging the Trump administration's immigration operations.
Several dozen protesters went inside the Cities Church in Minneapolis on Sunday and shouted down those in mass for not participating in anti-ICE demonstrations.
"Where are your people? Why are you not…. fighting for humanity," one protester is heard yelling.
A livestream video of the incident was posted online by Black Lives Matter Minnesota. Protesters were heard shouting "ICE out" and "Justice for Renee Good" in the middle of services in front of shocked churchgoers.
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Dr. Joe Rigney, a former pastor at Cities Church, said the church isn't political.
"It's remarkable to see that sort of thing in America," he told "The Story with Martha MacCallum." "To watch people disrupt, frighten children, harass churchgoers who are simply trying to worship God."
"Instead of going to a normal Sunday, they have loud, angry, vile people screaming and chanting at them," he added.
Protests against ICE have increased in Minnesota following the fatal shooting of Good by an ICE agent. The Trump administration said Good was attempting to ram the agent with her vehicle when he opened fire.
The protesters allege that one of the church’s pastors — David Easterwood — also leads the local ICE field office overseeing the operations that have involved alleged violent tactics and illegal arrests.
Easterwood was in the church at the time of the protest. The Justice Department said it is investigating the incident.
"I just spoke to the Pastor in Minnesota whose church was targeted," Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X Sunday. "Attacks against law enforcement and the intimidation of Christians are being met with the full force of federal law."
"If state leaders refuse to act responsibly to prevent lawlessness, this Department of Justice will remain mobilized to prosecute federal crimes and ensure that the rule of law prevails," she added.
Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ's Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon likewise said they are investigating the incident.
"This heinous act that occurred in Minnesota yesterday is receiving the highest level of attention from @TheJusticeDept," Dhillon posted on X. "@AGPamBondi & I are working around the clock, because no right in our Constitution is more sacred than the freedom to assemble & pray to God."
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Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis have taken to the streets where they have clashed with authorities in the wake of Good's death. On Monday, protesters also staged a sit-in at a Target store in nearby St. Paul demanding the retailer stop allowing ICE to operate in its parking lot.
A spokesperson for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he doesn't support the interruption of church services by protesters.
"The Governor has repeatedly and unequivocally urged protesters to do so peacefully," the spokesperson told Fox News. "While people have a right to speak out, he in no way supports interrupting a place of worship."
Rigney said Walz and other local officials have encouraged the "lawlessness" amid ICE's "lawful mission."
"And yet the governor of Minnesota has been encouraging them to urgently and loudly protest these actions," he said. "And it's not just simply disputing law enforcement actions, it's following law enforcement agents to their places of worship, harassing their families, scaring their children, anyone that's associated with them, demanding that they denounce them."
"These are terrible tactics and it's shameful that the governor would be so tepid in his condemnation," he added.
Don Lemon responds to Trump DOJ's threat, stands by coverage of anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church
Former CNN host Don Lemon stands by his reporting as the Justice Department has leveled a threat against him for joining anti-ICE protesters at a St. Paul church.
"It’s notable that I’ve been cast as the face of a protest I was covering as a journalist — especially since I wasn’t the only reporter there. That framing is telling," Lemon told Fox News Digital in a statement. "What’s even more telling is the barrage of violent threats, along with homophobic and racist slurs, directed at me online by MAGA supporters and amplified by parts of the right-wing press."
"If this much time and energy is going to be spent manufacturing outrage, it would be far better used investigating the tragic death of Renee Nicole Good— the very issue that brought people into the streets in the first place," Lemon continued. "I stand by my reporting."
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Lemon went viral Sunday for his reporting on the chaos that unfolded at Cities Church, telling viewers that "the freedom to protest" is what the First Amendment is all about.
However, Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, suggested Lemon's participation was illegal.
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"A house of worship is not a public forum for your protest!" Dhillon told Lemon on X. "It is a space protected from exactly such acts by federal criminal and civil laws! Nor does the First Amendment protect your pseudo journalism of disrupting a prayer service."
"You are on notice," she added.
In an interview with conservative YouTube host Benny Johnson, Dhillon said Lemon had a presumption of innocence but Lemon's role as a journalist wasn't necessarily a "shield" for him being a potential party to a crime.
"Don Lemon himself has come out and said he knew exactly what was going to happen inside that facility. He went into the facility, and then he began ‘committing journalism,’ as if that’s sort of a shield from being a part, an embedded part of a criminal conspiracy," Dhillon said Monday.
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"It isn’t, and so we’re getting our ducks in a row, putting the facts together, and this is a very serious matter," she continued. "Come next Sunday, nobody should think in the United States that they’re going to be able to get away with this. Everyone in the protest community needs to know that the fullest force of the federal government is going to come down and prevent this from happening and put people away for a long, long time."
Lemon launched his own independent YouTube channel after his firing from CNN in 2023.
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Prior to Dhillon’s appearance on "The Benny Johnson Show," Lemon responded to her social media post suggesting the DOJ was "investigating the potential violations of the federal FACE Act by these people desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshippers."
"So, I have no affiliation to that organization. I didn't even know they were going to this church until we followed them there. We were there chronicling protests. Once the protest started in the church, we did an act of journalism, which was report on it and talk to the people who were involved, which included a pastor and members of the church and members of the organization. That's it. It’s called journalism. First Amendment, all that stuff, for all of you people who believe in the First Amendment, absolutists, there you go," Lemon said on a video posted to Instagram.
"So why don't you talk to the actual person who is in charge of the organization and whose idea was to have the protests at the church before you start blaming me for stuff for which you have no idea? Thank you for your attention to this matter," he continued.
The FACE Act makes it a federal crime, with potentially steep fines and jail time, to use or threaten to use force to "injure, intimidate, or interfere" with a person seeking reproductive health services, or with a person lawfully trying to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship. It also prohibits intentional property damage to a facility providing reproductive health services or a place of religious worship.
Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
Swalwell governor bid hit with residency questions after court filing alleges he doesn’t live in California
Longtime political foe of President Donald Trump Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell is facing a legal campaign challenge after a conservative activist filed a petition claiming the lawmaker is allegedly prohibited from running for California governor because he doesn't actually live in the Golden State.
"Public records searches reveal no current ownership or leasehold interest held by Eric Swalwell in California, nor any history of any ownership of leasehold interest based on available public records," a petition filed Jan. 8 by filmmaker and activist Joel Gilbert states, the New York Post reported.
"Swalwell’s congressional financial disclosers from 2011 to 2024 list no California real estate ownership," the petition added.
The left-wing lawmaker's gubernatorial campaign, however, has hit back at the petition as a "nonsense claim" that the team looks forward to "beating" in court.
Swalwell has served as a California congressman since 2013, and announced his candidacy to succeed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom when his second term ends in January 2027. The gubernatorial race already is crowded with at least 10 candidates slated to be on the ballot in the nonpartisan primary in June.
Swalwell is viewed as a front-runner as the race gets underway.
The court filing claims that the congressman listed the address for the office of his attorney on campaign filings and not a residential California address. The address listed in the court filing shows an office building in downtown Sacramento.
State law requires the California governor be a resident of the state five years prior to his or her election.
"The governor shall be an elector who has been a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state for 5 years immediately preceding the governor’s election," the filing states, outlining the California Constitution's residential requirements of governors.
When approached for comment on the matter, a campaign general consultant for Swalwell said the lawmaker has always resided in California across his political career and that his attorney's address was listed on the campaign filing due to death threats he has received.
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"Since joining Congress, Eric Swalwell has always had a residence in the Bay Area. He has always had a California driver’s license, paid California taxes, and starts his California mornings with Johnny’s Donuts maple bars in Dublin. This nonsense claim comes from a MAGA blogger who made a film claiming Elvis is alive. We look forward to beating him in court," Kate Maeder, Swalwell campaign consultant, told Fox News Digital in an emailed statement Monday morning.
"Because of the thousands of death threats the Congressman has received, it is perfectly legal to list a campaign office as the address for his legal filings," she added.
Gilbert's petition calls on the California secretary of state to "fulfill her constitutional duty" and disqualify Swalwell from the race.
"The criteria for running for governor of California according to the California Constitution is a candidate must be resident of the state for 5 years prior to the election," Gilbert told Fox Digital in additional comment on Monday afternoon. "Swalwell’s response that he has a California driver’s license or pays California taxes or went to a Donut shop in Dubin is irrelevant and a smoke screen. He’s a lawyer and should know better."
The director added in response to Swalwell's campaign: "My film about Elvis is a comedy! Swalwell is clueless every time he Tweets or opens his mouth or files a document!"
The director added that the campaign's response was "absurd" as it related to "beating" Gilber in court, as Swalwell is not being sued, and instead the filing calls on the California secretary of state to respond.
"He clearly doesn’t understand the law at all despite being an attorney," Gilbert said, before doubling down that candidates must prove residency on the state's candidate intention statement.
In November 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) opened a probe into Swalwell's past mortgages, specifically investigating if allegations of millions of dollars in loans and refinancing were based on Swalwell declaring that his primary residence was in Washington, D.C.
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Swalwell, Democratic California Sen. Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitita James all have been referred to the DOJ over allegations of mortgage fraud since President Donald Trump's return to the Oval Office.
Following the DOJ opening a probe into his mortgages, Swalwell filed a lawsuit against Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, who referred Swalwell to the DOJ for criminal review, alleging that he abused his position to obtain the mortgage records of numerous Democrats.
"Either he’s guilty of mortgage fraud in Washington, DC, or he’s ineligible to run for governor of California," Gilbert told the Daily Mail. "He can’t have it both ways."
Fox News Digital attempted to reach out to Gilbert by email for additional comment on the court filing Monday afternoon.
The feud between Swalwell and Trump dates to Trump’s first term, when Swalwell emerged as one of the former president’s most vocal congressional critics and served as a House impeachment manager, cementing a long-running political rivalry.
Fox News Digital's Leo Briceno and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
Dana Carvey says being 'Bill Clinton liberal' akin to being a 'Nazi' in today's politics
Comedian Dana Carvey said in a new interview that he identifies himself politically as a "Bill Clinton liberal," which he said was akin to being called a "Nazi" in today's political climate.
During an appearance on Bill Maher's "Club Random" podcast posted Monday, Carvey, who was accompanied by fellow "Fly on the Wall" podcast host David Spade, asked Maher about how often his comedy specials are nominated for awards.
"I used to get nominated for everything, and then the wokeness came in, and then I was considered conservative, which was ridiculous," Maher said. "I was what I call soft canceled."
"Well, I'm a Bill Clinton liberal, which is from the '90s, which is now called a Nazi," Carvey quipped.
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Spade added that it was the equivalent of being "far-right," today and joked, "You're a White supremacist."
Maher agreed and explained that the Golden Globe nomination for his special, "Is Anyone Else Seeing This?" was the first nod he had gotten in years. The podcast episode was recorded ahead of the awards show that took place last week.
"So this is the first time in a while I've been nominated for something, which I think shows a little bit that we are coming out of the wokeness… I take it as a victory that they were not able to ignore how good that special was," Maher said.
Ricky Gervais ended up winning the category for best stand-up comedy on TV.
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"But, you know, it's not one that the woke can watch and not throw up because I call their s--- out. And the fact that people are laughing shows that it's funny," Maher said. "When you do stupid things, it's funny. And the left did a lot more stupid things in the last five to ten years. And I'm a comedian. I go where the gold is. And it's hitting the side of a barn to make fun of some of this s---."
Carvey later explained a bit he does in which he imitates former President Barack Obama reciting nursery rhymes.
Imitating Obama's voice, Carvey said, "Jack and Jill went up the hill, to fetch a pail of water. Jack looked at Jill, and Jill looked at Jack, and Jill said, 'I'd like to be a Jack, too.'"
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"So that's a double whammy of a trans joke," Carvey said, as Maher and Spade laughed. "And I tell the audience, it was just too good, right?"
Carvey and Spade are "Saturday Night Live" alumni. Carvey, known for his impersonations, returned to SNL in 2024 to portray President Joe Biden on the show.
Kiefer Sutherland allegedly punched, choked Uber driver before chase through LA streets: report
New details about Kiefer Sutherland's alleged assault of a rideshare driver have been revealed.
Sutherland allegedly punched the rideshare driver multiple times and attempted to choke him in the early morning hours of Jan. 12, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
The Uber driver then got out of his vehicle to get away from Sutherland, who allegedly appeared to be under the influence, according to the outlet.
Fox News Digital reached out to the LAPD and a rep for Sutherland for comment.
Sutherland seemingly chased the rideshare driver, Fox News Digital previously confirmed via dispatch audio.
KIEFER SUTHERLAND ALLEGEDLY CHASED RIDESHARE DRIVER BEFORE ARREST, DISPATCH AUDIO REVEALS
According to the dispatch call, the victim was running from the suspect — believed to be Sutherland.
A few minutes later, authorities called back in to dispatch and confirmed the suspect was no longer chasing the person reporting the alleged crime.
"Suspect is no longer chasing the PR, now is behind PR's vehicle, a black SUV. No further," the person on the dispatch audio can be heard saying.
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The Los Angeles Police Department initially told Fox News Digital that officers responded to a call about an assault involving a rideshare driver around 12:15 a.m. near Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue.
"The investigation determined that the suspect, later identified as Kiefer Sutherland, entered a rideshare vehicle, physically assaulted the driver (the victim), and made criminal threats toward the victim."
The 59-year-old actor was arrested on Jan. 12 and was released later that day on $50,000 bond, according to records reviewed by Fox News Digital.
The driver "did not sustain any injuries requiring medical treatment at the scene" and the investigation remains ongoing.
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In May 2009, the actor was charged with third-degree assault after he headbutted designer Jack McCollough after the Met Gala.
The assault charge was ultimately dropped, after Sutherland and McCollough released a joint statement saying they had settled their differences.
Fox News Digital's Lori Basian contributed to this report.