India, Jan. 25 -- Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday penned a letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, seeking access to the state voter rolls. It came after Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.

This is not the first time the AG has sought access to state rolls, even as multiple states including Minnesota and Arizona have refused access. However, Bondi directly linked ICE operations in the state with access to these state rolls, as per recent allegations.

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy alleged that Bondi was leveraging ICE action for access to these rolls. "Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Tru...