A total of 39 people now face charges in the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement invasion of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, last month, according to a superseding indictment that the federal district court unsealed Friday.
“YOU CANNOT ATTACK A HOUSE OF WORSHIP,” Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X after the court unsealed the indictment. “If you do so, you cannot hide from us—we will find you, arrest you, and prosecute you.”
Bondi announced that federal agents had already arrested 25 of the 30 new defendants included in the new indictment.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, wrote, “I was up in the early hours of this morning to monitor the arrests in this case and keep [Pam Bondi] informed. Super proud of my colleagues in the criminal section of the Civil Rights Division and our local prosecutors in Minneapolis for this rapid and precise work!”
The indictment includes the nine people already arrested and charged, but adds another 30 individuals who allegedly deprived congregants of their rights.
