{"id":2596750,"date":"2026-04-29T15:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-indicted-on-federal-charges-in-assault-of-tpusa-reporter-at-ice-protest\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:16:21","slug":"two-indicted-on-federal-charges-in-assault-of-tpusa-reporter-at-ice-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-indicted-on-federal-charges-in-assault-of-tpusa-reporter-at-ice-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Two indicted on federal charges in assault of TPUSA reporter at ICE protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-indicted-on-federal-charges-in-assault-of-tpusa-reporter-at-ice-protest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2596750&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two people where indicted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-man-charged-with-threatening-to-murder-2-us-congressmen\/\" title=\"Missouri Man Charged With Threatening to Murder 2 US Congressmen\">federal grand jury<\/a> for allegedly assaulting Turning Point USA reporter Savannah Hernandez during an April 11 protest in Minneapolis against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Hernandez was reporting outside the Whipple Federal Building,where ICE has a regional office,when video shows she was surrounded by protesters and pushed multiple times,including one incident in which a man shoved her to the ground.The indictment is expected to be unsealed, though the suspects\u2019 names and specific charges have not been released. Hernandez posted that she believes \u201cjustice is coming,\u201d and she said afterward that she was not trying to interview protesters when the violence began.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Two suspects were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly assaulting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/turning-point-usa\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2923\">Turning Point USA<\/a> reporter Savannah Hernandez at a protest against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minneapolis\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"444\">Minneapolis<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Hernandez was reporting on an anti-ICE protest outside the Whipple Federal Building on April 11 when she was surrounded by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protesters\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11455\">protesters<\/a>. Videos of the incident show Hernandez being pushed several times by demonstrators. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4547976\/parents-sue-openai-canada-school-shooting-despite-sam-altman-apology\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Parents sue OpenAI over Canadian school shooting by transgender suspect despite Sam Altman\u2019s apology<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4547496\/jewish-londoners-stabbed-golders-green-antisemitic-attacks\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Two Jewish Londoners stabbed by attacker as mayor laments \u2018series of shocking antisemitic attacks\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4546825\/walz-skips-oversight-hearing-fraud-prevention-probably-in-basement\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Walz skips state oversight hearing on fraud prevention: \u2018He\u2019s probably in the basement\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The Whipple Building is home to the regional ICE field office for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"443\">Minnesota<\/a> and has been the scene of protests since Operation Metro Surge was launched in December.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The indictment was handed down on Tuesday and is expected to be unsealed on Wednesday, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2-suspects-indicted-assault-tpusa-reporter-savanah-hernandez-during-minneapolis-ice-protest-sources\">reporting by Fox News<\/a>. Neither the names of the suspects nor the charges against them have been released. <\/p>\n<p>Videos recorded by Hernandez and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >onlookers show protesters shouting<\/a> and blowing whistles before a physical altercation broke out. Bystanders attempted to de-escalate the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez could be heard yelling, \u201cGet away from me,\u201d when a man in a blue sweatshirt walked up and shoved her to the pavement.<\/p>\n<p>Following the attack, three people were reportedly going to face charges for the assault, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff\u2019s Office. Last week, the sheriff\u2019s office said it was still reviewing the charges in the case. <\/p>\n<p>Hernandez shared news of the indictment on her social media accounts, saying, \u201cjustice is coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHUGE NEWS: A federal grand jury has decided to bring indictments against two of the violent protesters who assaulted me in Minneapolis,\u201d she said. \u201cNo word yet on which of the three are being indicted, but I\u2019m EXTREMELY grateful to the DOJ for moving so swiftly on this.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Fox News\u2019s Laura Ingraham, Hernandez recounted the incident, voice shaking, and explained that she was not attempting to interview any of the protesters while reporting for the conservative advocacy group when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-keeps-pushing-claim-that-clarence-thomas-wife-egged-on-january-6th-riot\/\" title=\"\u2018The View\u2019 Keeps Pushing Claim That Clarence Thomas\u2019 Wife Egged On January 6th Riot\">situation turned violent<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4547496\/jewish-londoners-stabbed-golders-green-antisemitic-attacks\/\"><strong>TWO JEWISH LONDONERS STABBED BY ATTACKER AS MAYOR LAMENTS \u2018SERIES OF SHOCKING ANTISEMITIC ATTACKS\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, um, I\u2019m scared to report, Laura,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cThis is my job. It\u2019s what I\u2019ve been doing for the last six years, and I\u2019m terrified to do my job. I can\u2019t even interview people properly on the street because I got brutally assaulted and pushed to the ground by a 250-pound man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez added that she made a point not to engage because she knows \u201cthe left-wing is violent,\u201d alleging the same type of group is responsible for TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two suspects indicted for assaulting Turning Point USA reporter Savannah Hernandez at an anti-ICE protest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2596753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/minneapolis-crime.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[53359,56919,55104,49347,21547],"class_list":["post-2596750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-assault-charges","tag-federal-indictment","tag-ice-protest","tag-immigration-enforcement","tag-tpusa"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/minneapolis-crime.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2596755,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596750\/revisions\/2596755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}