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HSI subpoenas Fed, PayPal, Venmo in Minneapolis operation

8/14/2026

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Department of Homeland Security agents launched Operation Puppet Master and Whipple Shield in Minneapolis after the Trump surge.
HSI subpoenaed the Federal Reserve, PayPal and Venmo for SEIU and Sunrise records.
Informants UCA 9843 and 9833 attended a church, gym, library and a Jan. 31 Sunrise meeting, noting direct-action plans.
Lawyer Kevin Riach filed a pleading that HSI used NSPM-7 to label opposition as domestic-terrorism financing despite agent Desmond Garcia’s testimony of a criminal predicate.

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Story summary

Department of Homeland Security agents launched Operation Puppet Master and Whipple Shield in Minneapolis after the Trump surge.
HSI subpoenaed the Federal Reserve, PayPal and Venmo for SEIU and Sunrise records.
Informants UCA 9843 and 9833 attended a church, gym, library and a Jan. 31 Sunrise meeting, noting direct-action plans.
Lawyer Kevin Riach filed a pleading that HSI used NSPM-7 to label opposition as domestic-terrorism financing despite agent Desmond Garcia’s testimony of a criminal predicate.