Pam Bondi: Another 30 attackers indicted for invading Christian church

Another 30 people soon are going to be able to pass along to their children and grandchildren the family heritage of being charged with a crime under the Ku Klux Klan Act.

That’s after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a new indictment added 30 names to the nine already being charged for their invasion of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, in that region’s anti-Trump, anti-federal law enforcement riots and protests.

“Today, @thejusticedept unsealed an indictment charging 30 more people who took part in the attack on Cities Church in Minnesota. At my direction, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, with more to come throughout the day. YOU CANNOT ATTACK A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. If you do so, you cannot hide from us — we will find you, arrest you, and prosecute you. This Department of Justice STANDS for Christians and all Americans of faith,” she said.

Today, @thejusticedept unsealed an indictment charging 30 more people who took part in the attack on Cities Church in Minnesota.

At my direction, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, with more to come throughout the day.

YOU CANNOT ATTACK A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. If you…

— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) February 27, 2026

Following her social media statement was a long list of those saying “Thank you.”

Also, a request that the criminal investigations and law enforcement be expanded, with the comment, “Now do Schiff, Schumer, Pelosi, Comey, Mayorkas, Biden (all of them), Cheney, Obama, Rice.”

This is the case that has snared ex-CNN talk show entertainer Don Lemon in criminal charges.

Lemon and others protesting the Trump administration’s surge of law enforcement regarding immigration and other laws in the Minnesota region over recent weeks invaded a Christian church, shut down its worship service, intimidated adults and terrified children.

Lemon, streaming the events, pointed out that it was an unpleasant event, as it should have been.

A report from KARE, a local broadcast outlet, said court documents list 39 people facing charges for the attack on the church.

The attackers targeted the innocent congregants at the church, allegedly, because a pastor also holds a position with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Court papers show all 39 defendants are charged with two counts: “Conspiracy Against Right of Religious Freedom at Place of Worship,” as well as “Injure, Intimidate, and Interfere with Exercise of Right of Religious Freedom at Place of Worship.”

Those charges fall under the Ku Klux Klan Act that forbids interfering with worship events, and the FACE Act, which was adopted to protect churches and clinics.

The new charges say the suspects “entered the Church to conduct a takeover-style attack and engage in various acts in furtherance of the conspiracy.”

Further, they allegedly “collectively oppressed, threatened, and intimidated the Church’s congregants and pastors, by physically occupying most of the main aisle and rows of chairs near the front of the Church, engaging in menacing and threatening behavior.”

Lemon claimed after he participated in the invasion, “For more than 30 years, I’ve been a journalist, and the power and protection of the First Amendment has been the underpinning of my work. The events before my arrest and what’s happened since, so that people are finally realizing what this administration is all about. The process is the punishment with them. And like all of you here in Minnesota, the great people of Minnesota, I will not be intimidated. I will not back down. I will fight these baseless charges, and I will not be silenced.”

The Trump administration’s “Operation Metro Surge” enforcement of federal law resulted in thousands of arrests. Many were from the region’s Somali immigrant community, where allegations of massive social service fraud involving billions of tax dollars also are being investigated.

WorldNetDaily also has reported that Lemon already has been named a defendant in a civil lawsuit over the damages that day in January.

TMZ said it obtained court documents revealing that Ann Doucette, who said she was attending worship at the Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Jan. 18. when Lemon and anti-Trump rioters broke in and disrupted the service, is seeking damages for emotional distress.

The report said the violent disrupters, who threatened adults and terrified children by blocking their parents’ access to them and telling the kids their parents were going to hell, apparently was intended to harass the church’s pastor, David Easterwood, who works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Doucette’s legal case claims damages for “severe emotional distress, fear, anxiety, and trauma” from the actions by Lemon and others.

The case notes one protester admitted on social media to helping Lemon with “logistics and local contacts in support” of the scheme.

You love to see it.

I hope more people do the same, especially parents whose children were screamed at.

— TheFOO (@PolitiBunny) February 25, 2026

This family should follow suit… pic.twitter.com/AO9bCamdPv

— JustHereToReadTheNews (@ronnieroberts84) February 25, 2026

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