This article follows an earlier report published this week examining whether the Justice Department could pursue criminal charges against journalist Don Lemon in connection with the St. Paul church protest. Attorney General Pam Bondi has spent days in Minnesota as the Justice Department surged prosecutors and law enforcement resources into the Twin Cities. During Thursday’s hearing, federal prosecutors conceded they had not yet provided the defendants or their attorneys with copies of the arrest warrants. Defense attorneys later said the two women were not immediately released because the Justice Department planned to appeal the detention decision. William Kelly, the third protester arrested, was separately ordered released by a federal magistrate judge.

Source: CNN January 25, 2026 02:07 UTC