Sep 8, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 20 segments
Part 2 of Operation Puppet Master! Thomas, Lydia, and Matt dig into the actual discovery documents from the Minneapolis ICE-protest indictment, and what they find is something else. Undercover HSI…
So, yes, we are picking up back again with Operation Puppet Master indictment.
We have not yet reached the stage in which they're trying to find the puppet master.
We're just looking at the puppets apparently so far.
But just to remind everybody, we have just taken a look at this indictment from Minneapolis.
We looked through quite a lot of the overt acts that were charged for conspiracy and I'm not going to go through the entire indictment.
For the rest of it, there are allegations of stalking, of threats to federal agents.
Again, these are statements that were made, basically, interstate stalking in the sense that they're trying to figure out where ICE vehicles are going, what's happening.
But I want to show you a little bit about behind the scenes about how they got there, because we now have, as of a few days ago, and most of this is on Pacer, so I had to actually pay for it to download it, but it was well worth it.
Yeah,
actually, quick note on that.
I think we'll make some of these documents available to everybody.
But if you want everything, because there's a lot here that is not public, we'll include the folder for patrons.
That's right.
Well worth a skim because we've got a lot of exhibits.
Now we're
Also, I saw a musical that had an overture in it, by the way, so I think I'm fucked.
So, yes, we are picking up back again with Operation Puppet Master indictment.
We have not yet reached the stage in which they're trying to find the puppet master.
We're just looking at the puppets apparently so far.
But just to remind everybody, we have just taken a look at this indictment from Minneapolis.
We looked through quite a lot of the overt acts that were charged for conspiracy and I'm not going to go through the entire indictment.
For the rest of it, there are allegations of stalking, of threats to federal agents.
Again, these are statements that were made, basically, interstate stalking in the sense that they're trying to figure out where ICE vehicles are going, what's happening.
But I want to show you a little bit about behind the scenes about how they got there, because we now have, as of a few days ago, and most of this is on Pacer, so I had to actually pay for it to download it, but it was well worth it.
Yeah,
actually, quick note on that.
I think we'll make some of these documents available to everybody.
But if you want everything, because there's a lot here that is not public, we'll include the folder for patrons.
That's right.
Well worth a skim because we've got a lot of exhibits.
Now we're
Also, I saw a musical that had an overture in it, by the way, so I think I'm fucked.
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