The Justice Department under President Trump just hit a massive legal wall in its aggressive pursuit of church protestors after the eighth US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected their bid to charge five additional people. The documents, made public on Saturday, clearly show just how far the Justice Department is willing to go to prosecute demonstrators involved in the January 18 protest.
The Guardian reported that Chief US District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz described the Justice Department’s request to immediately intervene and approve arrest warrants as “unheard of” in his jurisdiction. That’s a massive judicial condemnation considering the Eighth Circuit spans seven US states. The DOJ claimed that there was an immediate risk of similar church disruptions.
