US EditionMinnesota AG Keith Ellison denies Don Lemon, anti-ICE protesters violated FACE Act as DOJ mulls charges
The Justice Department probes if anti-ICE protesters and Don Lemon violated federal laws during a church disruption, as Minnesota AG disputes DOJ's legal interpretation.
- On Sunday, top DOJ officials said they are investigating whether protesters at Cities Church in St. Paul violated the FACE Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act, with Don Lemon following demonstrators into the church.
- Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison rejected assertions that the anti-ICE protesters broke federal law, noting they marched amid outrage over Renee Nicole Good's shooting death.
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Monday that the department is investigating the church disruption, called it anti-Christian, and dispatched Justice Department civil-rights units to pursue the matter aggressively.
- The FACE Act carries potential fines and jail time, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the DOJ may prosecute protesters, including Don Lemon, amid investigations by the attorney general's office, FBI, and DHS due to fear seen in worshippers.
- The debate over press protections centers on whether freedom of the press covers trespassing and being embedded with rioters, as Harmeet Dhillon told Lemon on X `A house of worship is not a public forum for your protest!`.
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CNN's Cornish Frets MN Church Protest Could Be Used Against Anti-ICE Movement
CNN's Cornish Frets MN Church Protest Could Be Used Against Anti-ICE Movement Shame on those anti-ICE protesters who invaded a St. Paul, Minnesota church. Don't they realize they might have harmed the anti-ICE movement? That was Audie Cornish's not-so-subtle suggestion on Tuesday's edition of the CNN This Morning show she hosts. Using Katie Couric's old "some say" trick, Audie put her concerns in the mouths of others. As she expressed it to fel…
FACT CHECK: Does the FACE Act Protect Churches?
After anti-ICE agitators invaded a church in the middle of a service, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison suggested that they were protected by the First Amendment and did not violate the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, commonly known as the FACE Act. “People have a right to lift up their voices and make their peace, and none of us are immune from the voice of the public,” Ellison told former CNN host Don Lemon when asked about t…
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