Appeals court rejects DoJ push to charge more people over Minnesota church protest
Setback for justice department as it pursues demonstrators, including Don Lemon who recorded protest as a journalistA US appeals court rejected federal justice department’s bid to charge five more people accused of disrupting a Minnesota church service on 18 January, according to court documents...
<p>Setback for justice department as it pursues demonstrators, including Don Lemon who recorded protest as a journalist</p><p>A US appeals court rejected federal justice department’s bid to charge five more people accused of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/two-arrests-minnesota-church-protest">disrupting a Minnesota church service</a> on 18 January, according to court documents made public on Saturday, revealing the lengths the Trump administration has gone to prosecute those involved in the demonstration.</p><p>The ruling by the eighth US circuit court of appeals is the latest legal setback for Trump’s justice department as it pursues demonstrators who interrupted a service in protest of a pastor’s apparent connection to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). One judge involved in the case said the department’s request appeared to be unprecedented.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/25/minnesota-church-protest-doj-appeals-court">Continue reading...</a>
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