The anti-ICE Democrat mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, is reportedly under investigation for alleged sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct toward St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry and city employees, following a formal complaint filed by Henry.
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Mayor Kaohly Her (DFL) is accused of sexually harassing Henry in one instance with an obscene text message.
In a letter to the city attorney on April 1, Henry’s attorney Chris Madel stated that “litigation is reasonably foreseeable.”
Madel alleged in the letter that Her’s conduct “extended beyond isolated incidents” and included harassment of subordinate city employees and members of the St. Paul Police Department.
Specific allegations cited in the complaint include a text message referencing “Weiner Wednesday,” a police department tradition, which contained a sexually suggestive meme and caption involving a photoshopped image of a security officer.
In the letter, Madel called on the city attorney to “take all steps necessary to perform a full filesystem extraction” of Her’s phones.
Meanwhile, Henry has participated in at least two extensive interviews with investigators, 5 Eyewitness News reported.
Madel told 5 Eyewitness News in a statement, “Chief Henry just closed a triple-homicide case in under four hours. He’s got a city to keep safe and has no comment on this.”
A spokesperson from the mayor’s office sent the following statement: “To protect confidentiality and the integrity of the process, the City will not comment on an active investigation. The mayor has deep respect for city employees and regrets any unintended impact her actions may have had.”
Mark Ross, the president of the St. Paul Police Federation, stated:
“Our obligation is to our membership and the focus of the Federation will remain on supporting the rank-and-file members who are out in the community risking their lives everyday. I am not in a position to elaborate further on this situation, but I do want the community to rest assured that our focus is on serving them with the commitment, class, and integrity that they’ve come to expect and deserve.”
Her served in the Minnesota House of Representatives as a DFL member from 2019 to 2025 before being elected mayor.
During her time in the House, Her supported legislation to give driver’s licenses to illegal aliens and opposed a measure that revoked adult illegal aliens’ access to MinnesotaCare, a state-run healthcare program, according to Alpha News. She also reportedly supported abortion rights with no restrictions.
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Last year, she gained national attention after telling her colleagues, “I am illegal in this country. My parents are illegal here in this country.”
Her, who was born in Laos, made the stunning comments during a House floor debate where she shared how her family came to America.
Addressing her fellow lawmakers, the DFLer appeared to admit that her father, who worked at a U.S. consulate in southeast Asia, forged documents to get his family to America. Her said she had just recently learned that information and told the chamber, “My family broke the law to come here.”
Following a backlash, Her issued a statement walking back her comments, alleging she is a citizen after all, as are her parents, and her family “came legally as refugees of the Vietnam War.”
“I am legal,” she insisted.
Her, who describes herself as a “Democrat through and through,” has been vocal in her opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in St. Paul, particularly regarding the federal “Operation Metro Surge” that began in late 2025.
Her administration quickly initiated policies to limit ICE’s operational capacity within the city. In February 2026, she signed an ordinance prohibiting ICE agents from staging or conducting operational activities on city-owned property, including parks, libraries, and service centers. This move was an effort to codify previous cease-and-desist directives in response to what she termed a “siege” on the city by federal agents.
As ICE conducted operations throughout the Twin Cities, agents were met with violent, state-sanctioned resistance, leading to the fatal shootings of two anti-ICE agitators.
As part of an investigation into whether Walz and other officials obstructed or impeded law enforcement actions, the U.S. Department of Justice in January issued subpoenas seeking records to the offices of Her, Governor Tim Walz (DFL), Attorney General Keith Ellison (DFL), Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (DFL), and local officials.
A federal judge last month blocked the subpoenas, accusing the Justice Department of using its investigatory powers to retaliate against state officials for not cooperating with President Trump’s deportation effort.
The Justice Department has indicated it will continue reviewing obstruction matters in compliance with the law, with no publicly reported charges or any other developments as of late July 2026.
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