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Attorney General Pam Bondi posted the names and photos of the protesters to social media before the cases were unsealed, drawing a sharp rebuke from a federal judge.
The 16 are charged by complaint with obstructing or impeding federal officers.
But defense attorney Kevin Rich says a grand jury must still approve the charges.
One defendant, a Somali-American U.S.
citizen, alleges agents injured her and called her a racial slur while arresting her and questioning her citizenship.
For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.
Attorney General Pam Bondi posted the names and photos of the protesters to social media before the cases were unsealed, drawing a sharp rebuke from a federal judge.
The 16 are charged by complaint with obstructing or impeding federal officers, but defense attorney Kevin Rich says a grand jury must still approve the charges.
One defendant, a Somali-American U.S.
citizen, alleges agents injured her and called her a racial slur while arresting her and questioning her citizenship.
For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.
Attorney General Pam Bondi posted the names and photos of the protesters to social media before the cases were unsealed, drawing a sharp rebuke from a federal judge.
The 16 are charged by complaint with obstructing or impeding federal officers, but defense attorney Kevin Rich says a grand jury must still approve the charges.
It's not that difficult to make a case past the grand jury, but the DOJ has a history of bringing bogus prosecutions, as we have seen in recent months, and the grand jury is a good bulwark.
One defendant, a Somali-American U.S.
citizen, alleges agents injured her and called her a racial slur while arresting her and questioning her citizenship.