Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding the Trump administration’s massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year, accusing them of coordinating efforts to block arrests and deportations as part of a conspiracy against the U.S. government.
The Justice Department today announced that 15 members and associates of Direct Action Minnesota (DAMN) have been charged with various federal crimes, including conspiracy to impede a federal officer, multiple counts of interstate stalking, interstate threats, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, multiple counts of assault on a federal officer, and destruction of government property.
This is a good beginning. Antifa, acting as a Democrat army, has gotten away with stalking and violent attacks on law enforcement.
Today’s announcement is the result of a thorough investigation into a deeply troubling trend: coordinated violence targeting federal law enforcement officers in an effort to cause chaos and impede law enforcement operations,” said Special Agent in Charge Michael McCarthy of HSI St. Paul.
The groups planned assaults, threats, and destruction of government property by forcibly challenging, blocking, or stopping immigration raids, detentions, and deportations.
“We have uncovered evidence of organized groups deliberately planning and executing criminal acts, including assaults, threats, destruction of government property, and attempts to impede federal officers. We fully respect and defend the First Amendment right to peaceful protest. However, when protest crosses the line into violence or criminal activity, it becomes unlawful and will not be tolerated.
Our message is clear: you may disagree with the laws, and you have the right to protest them, but you must abide by them or face the consequences. The law is not optional, and any attempt to undermine it through violence or intimidation will be met with swift and decisive action.”
They are members of a group called DAMN.
As outlined in the indictment, DAMN is an organization dedicated and committed to direct action against federal law and immigration enforcement. Direct action refers to disruptive and obstructive tactics used by participants to forcibly challenge, block, or stop immigration raids, detentions, and deportations. DAMN describes itself as “…a decentralized coalition of working-class people engaged in various forms of community defense against the current Federal Occupation happening within the wider metro area, and against state and a far-right violence more broadly.”
DAMN also trains its members in the use of shields against law enforcement, surveillance, event planning, role differentiation, and rapid mass mobilization against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement actions.
DAMN is comprised of members from several sub-groups, such as the Black Cat Worker’s Collective, Ray Rainbolt Memorial Shooting Club, and other organizations.
President Trump declared Antifa a domestic terrorist group, which allowed this action. These people call themselves Antifa, as in anti-fascist, but they are fascists.
Members of the “soft blockade” team wield homemade shields constructed from plastic, wood, and metal to physically resist the efforts of law enforcement and to aggressively “wedge” or break through teams of officers on foot.
Kyle Wagner is one of them.
♀️TRANSTIFA member Kyle Wagner was seen out on the Minnesota streets protesting after being arrested in February on federal charges of cyberstalking and threatening communications against ICE agents.♀️
Tom Evenstad, a Minnesota Governor candidate, had a brief conversation with… pic.twitter.com/9hm72OGW0x
— (@AprilSpark1890) May 8, 2026
Minnesota Antifa member Kyle Wagner, who uses the alias "Kaos," is among those federally charged. https://t.co/c9wdNLPF6f
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 16, 2026
