As this week got underway, Donald Trump’s decision to deploy federal forces to San Francisco was effectively a foregone conclusion. Though the president struggled to explain why, exactly, such a deployment was necessary, he nevertheless told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, “We’re going to go to San Francisco.”

As the week neared its end, those plans were shelved. According to a statement the Republican posted to his social media platform, Trump reversed course in part because San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie asked him to hold off in ways the president found satisfying, and in part because Trump had heard from some billionaire “friends” who persuaded him to delay his intended “surge.”

This isn’t how federal policymaking is supposed to work, especially when it comes to deployments of armed personnel on American soil, but this is our life now.

Nevertheless, because officials still believed Trump’s original rhetoric, they started making plans accordingly. With this in mind, The New York Times reported:

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested on Wednesday that local police could arrest federal agents if they break California law while conducting immigration raids that were expected this week in the San Francisco Bay Area. With Border Patrol agents due to arrive, Ms. Pelosi issued the stark warning along with Kevin Mullin, a fellow Democratic representative, who represents the small slice of San Francisco that Ms. Pelosi doesn’t.

The message was certainly provocative, but it was hardly scandalous: Pelosi made the case that those who break the law should be held accountable, even if those people are federal immigration agents.

Evidently, Attorney General Pam Bondi wasn’t pleased.

“If you are telling people to arrest our ICE officers, our federal agents, you cannot do that, you are impeding an investigation, and we will charge them,” the Florida Republican told Fox News. Bondi added, “You’ve got Pelosi out there saying to obstruct their investigation. You can’t do it, and we’re going to investigate her now.”

To the extent that reality is relevant to the debate, the House speaker emerita didn’t tell anyone to arrest ICE agents or obstruct any investigations. Rather, the California Democrat endorsed the arrests of those who break state and local laws, which seems like the sort of statement a responsible attorney general would endorse.

Nevertheless, according to Bondi, the Justice Department has launched yet another investigation into yet another Democratic foe of Donald Trump.

What’s more, it’s not just Bondi. Another former Trump defense lawyer, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, also threatened to prosecute California officials who support arresting federal immigration agents.

Pelosi has not yet publicly responded to the Justice Department’s posturing. Watch this space.