NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) posted on social media Friday that the Congressional investigation into Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell has begun.

Rep. Ogle's said the federal investigation of Mayor O'Connell, connected to this month's ICE operation, is moving forward. Ogles posted a letter from two house committees, requesting the mayor turn over documents to congress by June 12.

Click here to read the full letter.

Instead of defending our state, Mayor Freddie O’Connell is sabotaging it. He’s weaponized his office to dox and surveil federal agents who are trying to stop violent criminals — and worse, he’s embraced those criminals by creating a taxpayer-funded program to aid illegal aliens.

The recipients of these funds are untraceable. The purpose is crystal clear: help illegal foreigners evade the law.

I refuse to sit back while our communities are overrun — while our neighborhoods are destroyed and our daughters are assaulted. And I doubly refuse to stay silent while blue city mayors aid and abet this invasion.

Today, with the full support of Chairmen Jim Jordan and Mark Green, I’m taking action. If Mayor O’Connell wants to spy on federal agents doing their job, then Congress is going to investigate him for obstruction.

Rep. Andy Ogles

The Nashville Community Review Board recently called out Rep. Ogles for what the executive director described as a “reckless” social media post amid the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity.

Ogles claimed the board was protecting “illegal aliens,” and now the board said it’s getting “ugly” calls from people across the country.  

The “public safety operation” involving ICE and Tennessee Highway Patrol has led to at least 196 arrests in Nashville this month, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

DHS recently identified Nashville as a sanctuary city on its list, which was “created to identify sanctuary jurisdictions, which are determined by factors like compliance with federal law enforcement, information restrictions, and legal protections for illegal aliens,” according to DHS.

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