Matt Sepik

Don Lemon, formerly of CNN, and Minnesota journalist Georgia Fort are accused, along with seven activists, of conspiring to violate the civil rights of worshipers.

The Justice Department charged them under a law that it historically used against the Ku Klux Klan.

Joe Thompson, who's on Lemon's defense team, previously led the prosecution of social service program fraud in Minnesota.

He and several others quit after the Justice Department pressured prosecutors to investigate the widow of Renee Macklin Good after an ICE agent killed Good in January.

Former fraud prosecutor Matt Ebert entered private practice last year.

He's part of Fort's defense team.

For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.

Don Lemon, formerly of CNN, and Minnesota journalist Georgia Fort are accused, along with seven activists, of conspiring to violate the civil rights of worshipers.

The Justice Department charged them under a law that it historically used against the Ku Klux Klan.

Joe Thompson, who's on Lemon's defense team, previously led the prosecution of social service program fraud in Minnesota.

He and several others quit after the Justice Department pressured prosecutors to investigate the widow of Renee Macklin Goode,

after an ICE agent killed Good in January.

Former fraud prosecutor Matt Ebert entered private practice last year.

He's part of Fort's defense team.

For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.

A Honduran asylum seeker alleges she was detained without access to a lawyer after ICE agents arrested her.

Attorney Jeffrey Dubner says his client has since been freed, but ICE continues to violate the rights of many others.

A DHS lawyer said detainees get unlimited attorney phone calls, but she did not provide evidence.

Judge Nancy Brazel ordered lawyers from both sides to visit the Minneapolis Detention Center to assess conditions there.

She promised to rule Thursday if the parties don't reach a deal.