14 Minnesota Anti-ICE Defendants Plead Not Guilty in Federal Court
Prosecutors say the case rests on 20 terabytes of Signal chats and other evidence as the judge rejects a 90-day delay request.
- Fourteen defendants pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in Minneapolis to federal charges of conspiring to impede Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during Operation Metro Surge earlier this year.
- Federal prosecutors allege the group coordinated 'blockades' at the Whipple Federal Building using Signal chats to track immigration officers, though defense attorneys dispute the charges as criminalizing protected speech.
- Magistrate Judge David Schultz denied prosecutors' request for a 90-day extension, ordering the government to turn over evidence—including 20 terabytes of data and 47,000 documents—within 90 days.
- Kyle Wagner, a 15th defendant, remains jailed in Michigan on separate charges; supporters gathered outside Minneapolis City Hall condemning the indictment as political intimidation by the Trump Administration.
- The case follows a national pattern of ICE protest prosecutions; attorneys for the defendants argue the indictment fails to allege any specific acts of violence or physical force as required by statute.
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Anti-ICE Activists Arraignment Minneapolis Not Guilty Pleas
Fourteen of the 15 activists federally charged for anti-ICE activity pleaded not guilty in Minneapolis on July 1. Contributing writer Ella Stern reports from the arraignment, where prosecutors revealed 20 terabytes of evidence and a judge rejected their bid for a 90-day extension. The post 14 activists plead not guilty in anti-ICE case appeared first on Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
14 Minnesota Anti-ICE Defendants Plead Not Guilty
Minneapolis, Minnesota — Fourteen defendants pleaded not guilty Wednesday in federal court to charges tied to protests against ICE during Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign in Minnesota. Federal prosecutors allege the defendants conspired to impede or injure immigration officers by coordinating blockades near the Whipple Federal Building, tracking federal agents, and using encrypted Signal chats to…
Minnesota anti-ICE protesters plead not guilty to federal conspiracy charges
MINNEAPOLIS — A group of Twin Cities protesters accused of conspiring to impede immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota pleaded not guilty to their charges during a hearing that drew several dozen demonstrators to the federal courthouse. Appearing in a packed…
Charged in Anti-ICE Conspiracy, Two Minnesota Defendants Speak Out
Minneapolis, MN — As the last Prairieland defendants were sentenced to extreme lengths of prison time in Texas today, the latest victims of Trump’s NSPM-7 political targeting appeared in a federal court in Minneapolis. Fifteen community activists facing federal conspiracy charges for their activism during the government’s deadly Operation Metro Surge pled not guilty this afternoon during their arraignment. “It’s about quelling dissent in Minneap…
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