Pam Bondi cracks down on the alleged perpetrators who committed the attack on Cities Church in St. Paul.
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The Trump administration has arrested two more people in connection with the disturbance of a Minnesota church service by anti-ICE agitators on Jan. 18, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Monday.
“If you riot in a place of worship, we WILL find you,” Bondi wrote on X. “We have made two more arrests in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota: Ian Davis Austin and Jerome Deangelo Richardson,” according to The Daily Wire.
Bondi named Ian Davis Austin and Jerome Deangelo Richardson and portrayed the disruption as a “coordinated attack.” Her message was unmistakable: “If you riot in a place of worship, we WILL find you.”
According to The Wire, The Department of Justice (DOJ) contends that the group plotted to “injure, intimidate, and interfere” with the religious freedom of parishioners during a January 18 service. The church was in the aim of the protestors because one of its pastors reportedly is an official for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem echoed Bondi’s hardline stance, asserting that there is no First Amendment right to obstruct religious practice.
The most famous arrest in connection with the case is the detention of Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor. Lemon claims he was acting as an independent journalist, but an unsealed indictment reported by The Daily Wire says a different story.
🚨 BREAKING — MORE ARRESTS: AG Pam Bondi announces 2 more leftists have been ARRESTED for storming the church in Minnesota
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 2, 2026
– Ian Davis Austin
– Jerome Deangelo Richardson
The DOJ is NOT LETTING UP, let's go!
BONDI: "If you riot in a place of worship, we WILL find you." 🔥
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Lemon, according to the prosecutors, went to a “pre-op briefing” to keep operational secrecy and later livestreamed the “resistance” operation. The indictment contends that Lemon went into the church with the first wave of demonstrators, supposedly alarming congregants and physically blocking the pastor
All the accused face federal charges under the FACE Act and 18 U.S.C. § 241 (Conspiracy Against Rights). The legal process is moving at a fast pace.
Represented by attorney Abbe Lowell, Lemon is scheduled for a first appearance in Minneapolis on February 9, along with Georgia Fort, Trahern Jeen Crews, and Jamael Lydell Lundy.
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