In the latest installment of Trump’s campaign against anti-ICE protesters, the Department of Justice has charged 15 Minneapolis-area residents for allegedly interfering with agents during the agency’s occupation of Minneapolis in January and February, Trump-appointed US Attorney Daniel Rosen announced Tuesday.

The indictment for felony “conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers” represents DOJ’s latest attempt to enforce NSPM-7, Trump’s September memo on prosecuting anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, and “anti-American” protesters as domestic terrorists; it devotes much of its 94 pages to a list of actions including possessing a bullhorn, affiliating with the Democratic Socialists of America, and wearing clothing that says “antifa.”

According to the indictment, the protesters blockaded ICE facilities, followed ICE vehicles, and coordinated their activities in various group chats. (The phrase “group chat” is used 31 times throughout the indictment.) But reporters repeatedly pressed federal officials on whether the Minneapolis anti-ICE protesters indicted had ever actually injured an officer—and Rosen........

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