Federal authorities have issued a subpoena for New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to appear and answer questions about his boast to be housing an illegal alien.
The subpoena is from the Department of Justice regarding Murphy’s statement he would house an illegal at his home, and he dared the federal government to intervene.
BREAKING Alina Habba just subpeonaed New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy after he ADMITTED to harboring an illegal alien
LOCK HIM UP pic.twitter.com/JMJg429IwI
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) July 15, 2025
A report from Just the News noted the FBI already has sought interviews with at least four witnesses regarding the comments.
The report said three sources have informed the New York Times that Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey, is investigating.
It was in February when Murphy, as Democrats were orchestrating their attacks on the Trump administration for its efforts to secure the national border with Mexico and deport illegal alien criminals who were invited into the country under Joe Biden’s regime in Washington, made the statement.
Murphy pointed out there was a person in his social circle “whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to.”
He boasted, “And we said, ‘You know what? Let’s have her live at our house above our garage.’ And good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her.”
Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, promised at the time, “We’ll look into it.”
Murphy later tried to backtrack, insisting then that the woman he was talking about was in the U.S. legally and never lived at his house.
A report at Shorenewsnetwork said, “The investigation appears to be distinct from any existing Justice Department inquiries into New Jersey’s so-called sanctuary policies, which limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.”
