CNN’s Honig: Sanctuary Policies ‘A Bad Idea,’ Investigation of Frey, Walz ‘Off the Rails’

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig said that sanctuary policies are bad ideas, but it’s not illegal, and the DOJ investigation into “elected leaders engaging in core protected First Amendment speech” is an “off the rails” move by the DOJ.

Host Kaitlan Collins said, “I think a big question tonight, given this is so clearly focused on the comments that Mayor Frey and Gov. Walz have made, is whether or not anything they have said meets the definition of obstructing law enforcement.”

Honig responded, “Absolutely not. This is core protected First Amendment political speech. … If you have public officials — as we do here — making political speech, even if it’s explosive, inflammatory, aggressive, and then that causes people