A top DOJ official literally told prosecutors to "go big and go loud" against immigration protesters, and the resulting cases keep falling apart or relying on bizarre legal theories.
DOJ builds a prosecution machine for protesters
DOJ builds a prosecution machine for protesters
- Aakash Singh ordered prosecutors to aggressively pursue demonstrators.
- National Security Presidential Memo 7 expanded domestic-terrorism definitions.
- NSPM-7 coordinators were installed across U.S. attorneys' offices.
- The FBI set up a dedicated mission center for left-wing investigations.
- Chicago prosecutors dropped charges after the video contradicted their narrative.
- Remaining defendants face a "spontaneous conspiracy" theory defense lawyers mocked.
- A U.S. attorney quit rather than sign a protest-related indictment.
- His successor let most defendants plead down to misdemeanors.
- Agents seized cellphones and took DNA swabs without warrants.
- Facial recognition and license-plate readers tracked protest attendees.
- Tech companies got subpoenaed for anti-ICE social media accounts.
- Homeland Security investigators targeted specific advocacy organizations directly.
- Thirty-nine people were charged over a protest at a Minnesota church.
- Don Lemon and journalist Georgia Fort got indicted despite covering it.
- A federal judge initially found no evidence that they committed crimes.
- Defense lawyers compared the prosecution to authoritarian-regime tactics.
