Pritzker calls for criminal investigations into ICE agents over 'Midway Blitz' conduct

Pritzker's Thursday press conference unveiling the Illinois Accountability Commission's recommendation to pursue criminal investigations into ICE and other federal agents came just over a month after he first vowed to seek criminal charges against Trump administration officials and law enforcement officers he said had "broken the law."

"Our communities and our people were subjected to an unprecedented campaign of harassment, intimidation and brutality," Pritzker said at the news conference. "They deployed tear gas and smoke grenades against peaceful protesters and peaceful crowds and in peaceful neighborhoods. They committed flagrant and egregious abuses of power and force that went unchecked."

The more than 150-page report accused the Trump administration of lying about the motivation behind Operation Midway Blitz and that it "distorted key facts about events involving federal immigration agents."

The report alleged that federal agents engaged in "unconstitutional uses of force" which consisted of "extreme physical force, indiscriminate use of chemical agents, shootings, beatings, and other violent acts."

Bis slammed Pritzker's calls for criminal prosecution as "nothing more than a political stunt."

"Federal officers acting in the course of their duties can only be investigated by other Federal agencies," Bis said. "The states do not have the authority to run such an investigation."

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and the Office of the Illinois Attorney General for comment.