US Attorney General Pam Bondi announces 2 more arrests in the St. Paul church protest

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Updated 10:55 AM CST, February 2, 2026
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday announced two more arrests following a protest at a Minnesota church against the immigration crackdown, bringing the number of people arrested to nine.

The nine were named in a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday. Independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were among four people arrested Friday. Three others were arrested earlier in the week, including prominent local activist Nekima Levy Armstrong.

A grand jury in Minnesota indicted all nine on federal civil rights charges of conspiracy and interfering with the First Amendment rights of worshippers during the Jan. 18 protest at the Cities Church in St. Paul. A pastor at the church is also a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official. The protest generated strong objections from the Trump administration,

In a social media post Monday, Bondi named the latest two arrestees as Ian Davis Austin and Jerome Deangelo Richardson. She gave no details of their arrests.



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[Joinfortmill]

1. Good luck with that, Blondi, oops, Bondi.

[twodogsbarking]

2. Christ was removed from the cross and taken into custody.

[maxsolomon]

3. The point is to put them through the ringer of the courts.

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The ACLU might pick up their defense, but if not, the costs could be ruinous. Essentially a SLAPP suit.

Oh, the other point: show the poor persecuted Christian Nationalists that Trump feels their pain.

[Polybius]

4. "A pastor at the church is also a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official"

I had to read that twice to see if I misread it. Unfortunately, I didn't.

[TomSlick]

5. Tells you everything you need to know about that "church."

John 11:35.