The nine people charged, according to the indictment, “oppressed, threatened, and intimidated the church’s congregants and pastors by physically occupying most of the main aisle and rows of chairs near the front of the church … and/or physically obstructing them as they attempted to exit and/or move about within the church.”

Federal authorities charged former CNN host Don Lemon with federal civil rights crimes Friday in connection with the Jan. 18 disruption of a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota. The longtime TV personality,

"Any violation of federal law will be prosecuted," Attorney General Bondi said.

Levy Armstrong, who calls herself a social justice activist and has often been in the news through the years, has been in the spotlight since a protest at a St. Paul church.

Saint Paul school board member storms church with protesters, which sparked DOJ investigation after targeting pastor allegedly working as ICE agent.