A major legal red line may have just been crossed.
After activists disrupted worship inside a church, the Trump administration is now facing pressure to move beyond misdemeanor enforcement under the FACE Act and toward felony prosecutions under the Ku Klux Klan Act — a federal civil rights law designed to stop organized intimidation and interference.
This case took another dramatic turn when the event organizer publicly posted a list of attendees, including journalist Don Lemon, raising serious questions about coordination, intent, and potential conspiracy exposure.
In this breakdown, we explain why protesting inside a church changes everything, why DOJ warnings matter, and why this moment could mark a major shift in how federal law responds to activist intimidation.