Megyn Kelly on Feds ARRESTING Two Agitators in Connection with Anti-ICE Protest in Minnesota Church

What this episode is about

Two individuals, Nikima Levy Armstrong and Shantel Allen, have been arrested by the FBI and Homeland Security for their involvement in an anti-ICE protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where their actions were deemed a violation of the federal Face Act. The arrests highlight the legal repercussions of obstructing individuals exercising their First Amendment rights, emphasizing the tensions surrounding protests and religious freedoms.

Key takeaways

• When seeking infamy online, remember: a viral moment can lead to viral court dates.
• The Face Act: protecting prayer or policing protests? The lines blur when you add camera crews.
• In court, sympathy votes often go to the underdog, but what about the 'dog' disrupting prayers?
• Fame-seeking activists discover the hard way: notoriety can become felony charges faster than likes accumulate.
• Clandestine operations in public spaces might be thrilling—until the FBI turns up for a surprise too.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Megyn Kelly (Guest) · 18 min speaking
• Nikima Levy Armstrong (Guest) · 2 min speaking
• Shantel Allen (Guest) · 1 min speaking
• Don Lemon (Guest) · 1 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Naima Levy Armstrong, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, ICE, Shantel Luis Allen
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Naima Levy Armstrong, ICE, David Easterwood
3. 15:00 – 20:00: Shantel Luis Allen, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, ICE, Wayfinder Foundation
4. 20:00 – 22:15: Birch Gold Group

Notable quotes from "Megyn Kelly on Feds ARRESTING Two Agitators in Connection with Anti-ICE Protest in Minnesota Church"

• Give you a pass, especially if you're a fat black woman. Well, those days are over, okay? because we have a new sheriff in town and his name is President Donald Trump who plans…

  about Donald Trump · at 2:21

• Better. So, she's still got that going for her that she still gets to get tried there. however, Nikima violated the law, and it's really clear. It's really not even ambiguous.…

  about Naima Levy Armstrong · at 3:33

• Protesters have defended the protest, saying that the pastor at the church is a local official serving with ICE. Now, DHS has not confirmed or denied that.

  about ICE · at 7:15

• Anti-poverty nonprofit, those are big in Minneapolis, perhaps you've heard, called the Wayfinder Foundation.

  about Wayfinder Foundation · at 15:08

• What children learn in schools. She's also, you'll be shocked to learn, listed as a founder of Black Lives Matter Twin Cities on her LinkedIn profile. It's It's no wonder they stood up there with a hands up don't shoot.

  about Black Lives Matter Twin Cities · at 17:46

• A new year means new financial goals like making sure your savings are secure and diversified. Will this be the year you decide to talk to somebody from Birch Gold Group?…

  about Birch Gold Group · at 20:58

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Naima Levy Armstrong — Person · Primary accused/central referenced figure · 5 mentions · first at 0:17
  Presented as a lead organizer of the church disruption (“Operation Pull-Up”) and one of the arrestees; the segment focuses heavily on her alleged conduct, charges, and prior nonprofit compensation.
• Shantel Luis Allen — Person · Secondary accused/referenced participant · 3 mentions · first at 0:22
  Named as another arrestee and characterized as a community organizer and elected St. Paul school board member; used to broaden the critique of the protest group.
  Hands up, don't shoot. That's what they were chanting, like we pointed out yesterday. here's here she is, by the way. Here's Miss Allen at the protest making the hands up…
• David Easterwood — Person · Referenced official/pastor used as protest justification · 1 mention · first at 7:52
  Named as the person protesters questioned about allegedly holding dual roles (pastor and ICE director for Minnesota); central to the stated motive for the church disruption.
  Then I and he responded to me. And then I proceeded to ask him about Pastor David Easterwood and how is it possible for him to serve as both a pastor and the director of ICE…
• Donald Trump — Person · Referenced political leader / policy driver · 1 mention · first at 2:32
  Invoked as the reason federal laws will be enforced (“new sheriff in town”); used to contextualize the legal crackdown described by the host.

Companies & orgs

• Black Lives Matter Twin Cities — Company · Referenced organization · 3 mentions · first at 0:36
  Mentioned as the affiliation of individuals involved in the church protest and subsequent arrests.
• ICE — Company · Referenced organization · 3 mentions · first at 0:07
  Mentioned in the context of protests and arrests related to its operations in Minnesota.
• Wayfinder Foundation — Company · Referenced organization · 1 mention · first at 15:13
  Mentioned in the context of financial mismanagement allegations against its former CEO.

Sponsors

• Birch Gold Group — Company · Sponsor · 1 mention · first at 21:06
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Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 We begin today with breaking news this morning that the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations team have made arrests over that outrageous ICE protests. It was terrorism at city's church in St. Paul, Minnesota on Sunday. According to FBI director Cash Patel, Nikima Levy Armstrong, enjoy prison and Shantel Allen have been taken into custody for violating the face act. That was really dumb. That was stupid ass behavior. I love that you put it on camera. Thanks for inviting your pal Don Lemon and your BLM pals. I know you you're members of it to put it all on camera. I know you really wanted fame.

0:43 In fact, in in fact, you wound up with infamy and some criminal problems. So terrific for you. The FA the Face Act is the federal law that makes it a crime for quote whoever by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction intentionally injures, intimidates, or interferes with or attempts to do those things with any person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship. So, it's basically if you by physical obstruction or any sort of force or threat of force interfere with somebody who's trying to pray, you're effed.

1:21 Okay. Um, we've got video of Armstrong being taken into custody. This photo here was posted by Christine Gnome. Look at her. I'm thrilled. This is This is a great moment. Let's just sit, shall we? And look at this large unhappy woman with her hands. Yeah, they're handcuffed, right? They're handcuffed behind her back. I love it. Not so fun now, is it? Nima, who's who's the disruptor now? I hope you love the county jail. I can't wait to hear how it goes for you. Look at her. She was so sure of herself. She was so proud of what she was doing to those Christians minding their own business trying to pray. She's a BLM agitator.

2:16 She's used to Minneapolis where all you have to do is say George Floyd and they give you a pass, especially if you're a fat black woman. Well, those days are over, okay? because we have a new sheriff in town and his name is President Donald Trump who plans on enforcing federal laws including the Clan Act and the Face Act. She's being charged with a felony conspiracy against rights under the Clan Act in addition to the Face Act charges. A felony. The Clan Act. You could go to jail for 10 years if you found are found guilty under the Clan Act. Yes. BLM lady, you are being charged under the Clan Act because it's basically conspiracy against rights. If you engage in a conspiracy to violate somebody's civil rights, like their right to worship, you're in a lot of trouble. You've committed a crime.

3:13 That's what you've been charged with. So, uh, look, it's still going to have to be charged, going to have to be tried in a Minneapolis federal courtroom, which is better than state court for sure. Going to have better prosecutors. Uh, and in general, you might have a better jury pool, but not that much better. So, she's still got that going for her that she still gets to get tried there. Uh, however, Nikima violated the law, and it's really clear. It's really not even ambiguous. I mean, we've got some ambiguity, at least some ambiguity around Don Lemon because he's got like the journalism thing. That's that's wrong. He committed a crime, too. I'm just saying he's at least got another excuse for being there that he could try to use to pro to prey upon the sympathies of a jury. She's got no excuse. None. Uh what was her role?

4:05 Nikima Nikima Levy Armstrong. Well, Don Lemon was happy to tell us all at the start of his six-hour live stream on Sunday. Watch. speaking to an organization there that's gearing up to u for resistance and protest. Um I've been surprised, pleasantly surprised to see the community coming together. Um diverse community if you see this when we first pulled up we're like wait a minute what is which um which operation are we at? And as it turns out cuz we we're like well this is kind of MAGA coded right? So the American flag or whatever but these are resistance protesters. They're planning an operation that we're going to follow them on. I can't tell you exactly what they're doing, but it's called Operation Pull-Up. Um, and it's Teima Armstrong, and she has been doing this since George Floyd, um, Dante Wright and others, where they surprise people, catch them off guard, and hold them to account. And

4:57 so, that's what we're doing here. And then we're after that, after we do this operation, you'll see it live. And these these operations are surprise operations. Again, can't tell you where they're going and where we're gathered right now,

5:09 but he knew. Don Lemon's not always the most reliable reporter. But luckily, Miss Armstrong spoke for herself. Watch.

5:16 Tell us why you're doing this. This is operation pullup. More of a clandestine operation. We show up somewhere that is a key location. They don't expect us to come there and then we disrupt business as usual. So, that's what we're about to go do right now. It's all on. It's wonderful. This is great stuff. I'm sorry, but like Har Dylan must have been like just popping the popcorn watching this. We go to a clandestine location. We know that Don Lemon knew it was a church. He's on camera in his car saying it before they got there. Uh she of course knows that it's the church because she organized it. She says, "We're intentionally going someplace where they do not expect us to disrupt."

6:01 Okay, because later she would try to suggest to CNN like she was just there. She was like basically a churchgoer. Okay, she's on camera with Lemon, we're going to a clandestine location. They do not expect us. We're going there with the purpose of disrupting them. Now, if you were an anchor at CNN and you had an interview with this lady, do you think you might confront her with those facts, especially if she tried to lie about them on your national program? Uh, in the intro to this woman's segment, apparently Aaron Bernett said something about how the group rushed into the church. And now, M. Armstrong on CNN is is taking real issue with that, you know, trying to repaint it all like we we were just trying to participate in the service. She almost spins it as like, but then like the the pastor went so far, we had no choice but to disrupt. Here's her trying to spin it with zero push back from Aaron Bernett

7:01 last night on CNN. Now, the protest on Sunday interrupted the service with chants like this.

7:15 Protesters have defended the protest, saying that the pastor at the church is a local official serving with ICE. Now, DHS has not confirmed or denied that. Trump's DOJ though has called this a crime and said that it was desecrating a house of worship.

7:29 And I do want to correct something that was said in the beginning. We did not rush into that church. We actually went and sat down and participated in the service. And after the pastor prayed, that is when I stood up and asked him a question in response to his prayer. And then I and he responded to me. And then I proceeded to ask him about Pastor David Easterwood and how is it possible for him to serve as both a pastor and the director of ICE for Minnesota. And instead of responding to me as soon as I said the name David Easterwood, the pastor says, "Shame, shame." And that is when I led us in chance justice for Renee Good and hands up don't shoot. So I want to clarify that we didn't rush in. We didn't bust in. we were a part of the service until I got up and posed that question to the pastor.

8:24 All right. And um obviously I'm not going to dispute your your you know saying what happened. I'm merely describing how um CNN is describing it. I obviously wasn't in the room.

8:35 But you are a chicken because you have tons of video showing what actually happened. By the way, how about her showing two seconds? Two seconds of what happened inside of that church to illuminate the CNN audience. Did that really bring home the shouting in the faces that William Kelly did that we've been showing you? God forbid Aaron Bernett show you what actually happened. Two seconds of what's in there. And then she lets her guest lie about what happened and then says, "Oh, well, I wasn't there, so obviously I'm not going to challenge you." Now, let me tell you, like all that is infuriating because it's a failure of journalism. And I'm going to show you what actually happened at the start of the protest in one second. But I just want to tell you right now before we do any of this stuff. It's all irrelevant. All of that is totally irrelevant. Uh Nikima, you're an idiot. It no one gives a whether

9:23 you did sit there for the first couple of minutes and then there's no doubt you did what you said you were going to do, which was disrupt the unsuspecting parishioners who were trying to attend Sunday service. No one cares. The law doesn't care if you sat there for a few minutes before you launched your disruption. Okay? So, I don't know who's advising you uh at your little BLM organization where it turns out you take more money than you give in your charitable work, and we'll get to that. Um, but you to me seem like a fraudster, madam. You seem to me like a criminal even before you went into that church.

10:04 And had I been interviewing you, I would have raised it. Why do you take more out of your charity than you give to the needy, ma'am, year after year after year? Is that very Christian? Is that something God would approve of? Because you seem really connected with God, or at least your buddy Don Lemon purports to be in his questioning and you standing up trying to cross-examine the pastor like you know better. I I mean I I don't think you fully disclose to everybody involved in this what your true character is, madam, but don't worry, it's going to come up at your trial. I'm sure we'll we'll learn a whole lot more about you before we get to that day. So, in any event, it's irrelevant whether she sat there for a few minutes before she launched the protest, but this whole thing is interesting because it's evidence of what a liar she is. Once again, she lies. Her instinct is to lie. uh that that she you know she she suggests

11:04 she was just so sweet and and like it really kind of the pastor started it is what she's implying there. I just asked an innocent question, you know, like like me saying, you know, father, why didn't you mention Charlie Kirk? Which I would never yell out in the middle of a of a of a mass, but okay. She's kind of trying to spin it like she just kind of mildly asked something. Then he said something so outrageous the thing spontaneously broke out even though she's on camera with Lemon saying they they're not going to expect us and then we're going to get them. We're going to disrupt them. Idiot. Idiot. It's straight out of the stupid criminal files, right? like that we used to put on on cable and people used to do in like comic strips. Anyway, here is the start of the protest for you to judge for yourselves. You will hear Miss Levy Armstrong talking at the pastor and that's the right way to put it. And then

11:53 the chance and the demands begin. The Lord in your house. That is correct. They're already walking down the aisles on their feet. You can hear her.

12:17 Renee, Renee. Now there's our friend, Mr. Kelly. Renee, good. SHAME ON YOU. WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOUR PEOPLE? WHY ARE YOU NOT EVERY DAY FIGHTING AFTER THEY HAD TAKEN OVER STANDING FOR OUR PEOPLE? WHERE ARE YOU? YOU DRINK your coffee. You got your jewelry. You have your nice clothes. But what do you do? What What do you do to stand in Latino communities?

12:49 I'm not going to comment. You have no comment. Exactly. He's in the face of this young parishioner saying, "I'm not I'm not going to comment. I don't have to talk to you, you cretton." But behind him, we just noticed this as we were getting the ready the video ready for today. You see three young people holding each other in a circle like scared that which is exactly what Nakima wanted. Enjoy your strip search. Who's scared now? You can hear the pastor say, "You better get out." To one of the protesters in that very sound bite we just played. He says, "You better get out." Let me just tell make it perfectly clear. This was trespass from the moment they stepped into that church planning to disrupt.

13:34 They were who's invited onto this private property? Parishioners wanting to pray. That's not what what what they were doing. You you you you cannot show up there and have a little um whiffle ball game. You cannot show up there for a square dance and you cannot show up there to disrupt them with shouts of hands up don't shoot. That is not an acceptance of the invitation to show up and worship. Okay? So, you trespassed from the first step into the church. All of you, Don Lemon included, and you really trespassed with zero ambiguity once you were told to get out, which you were repeatedly.

14:15 They're not going to be charged with trespass because it's a state crime. And we all know that Minnesota authorities have zero interest in enforcing the criminal law against anyone affiliated with BLM. Um, in fact, they use that group to railroad Derek Schovin into prison. Um, and certainly not against this group because they're on the side of the anti-ICE protesters. Okay? But that's just one of the many crimes that they committed. And they did commit conspiracy against rights, the people's rights who are cowering in fear, holding on to one another, children crying in the pews. You absolutely did. You accused felon Nima.

14:54 And here's what we know about this woman. Nima Levy Armstrong. According to Fox News, she's currently the CEO of a cannabis company called Dope Roots. And from 2019 to 2024, she led an anti-poverty nonprofit, you know, those are big in Minneapolis, perhaps you've heard, called the Wayfinder Foundation. During that time, Miss Armstrong received over $1 million in compensation. The organization doowled out approximately $700,000 in grants. Got it? Let me tell you something. This is so common. You got to really look into any organization that you donate to. This is why I never just dole out money when like somebody asked me on the street or like somebody's like, "Oh, whatever. Let me get something started." I I will only give to organizations that I've actually looked into because here's what happens.

15:45 Somebody says,"I need to support myself. I'm going to create a charity and I'm going to give to whatever cause, you know, what pick the cause, but my salary is going to be $500,000 a year. So, let's say they earn, you know, 750,000 earn, you know, they get in donations 750,000 that first year. So 250,000 goes to a worthy cause potentially and 500,000 goes to line their pockets because they want to be kept in a certain manner of living. And that certainly appears to have been the case with Ms. Armstrong who again over the past few years took in a million dollars in salary. I think it's over six years and donated 700,000. So she made a million. She donated as 700,000.

16:29 And that calculation is off, my friends. It's way off for salary to take up what? 65% of the money you take in. We look to make sure it's like less than 15%. And this person said, "What? 65%? I'm just doing my math in the back of the envelope. This is disgusting." Okay, she's she's a cotton woman. That's that's clearly what she is. and she certainly had no worries about living in poverty thanks to her grift. As for the second woman under arrest, you'd be excused if you saw them in a sidebyside of thinking they were identical twin sisters. It's another enormous black woman and this one has a receding hairline. I'm just giving it to you a straight listening audience of what we're looking at. She's got glasses, too. Shantel Allen. She's a community organizer and an elected member of the St. Paul school board.

17:25 Are any sane people still living in Minneapolis St. Paul? Doesn't St. Paul pride itself on being the more sane one of the Twin Cities? How do you have this woman on your school board? Explain that to me. You You still got a massive people that voted for her. It's unbelievable. She has a role in educating what in educating children and deciding on what children learn in schools. She's also, you'll be shocked shocked to learn, listed as a founder of Black Lives Matter Twin Cities on her LinkedIn profile. It's It's no wonder they stood up there with a hands up don't shoot.

17:59 Hands up, don't shoot. That's what they were chanting, like we pointed out yesterday. Uh here's here she is, by the way. Here's Miss Allen at the protest making the hands up, don't shoot gesture with children in the pews, as we pointed out yesterday. What do those children know about hands up, don't shoot? Nothing. Nothing. What they see is people saying hands up, don't shoot. They're talking about shooting in a church and your hands up. You could excuse any child for not understanding that reference and in and misunderstanding it as a threat, a direct threat, mentioning shooting and get your hands up. These absolute disgusting disgusting vile narcissists in there without a care for anybody but their own egos. They don't care about the people being arrested by ICE. Come on. Does anyone actually believe that?

18:49 They want to make themselves stars. It's people like Patrice Colors who one of the founders of BLM who wants to line her own pockets with home after home after home. She wants to get rich off of usually white women's ridiculous misplaced empathy and privilege. Guilt over their privilege while she rides it to the bank. And Miss Allen here clearly is one of them. You can also see her in the background as her buddy Naima Armstrong speaks because she wants to be on camera. They all want to be a star. Well, now you are on camera and you're going to be on another camera soon. It's called a mugsh shot. I look forward to celebrating it. But here's Armstrong talking to Lemon with the third lady in the back. And that's why we're here demanding justice for Renee Good and LETTING THEM KNOW THAT this will not stand. They cannot pretend to be a house of God while harboring someone who is directing ICE agents to wreak havoc upon

19:48 our community and who killed Renee Good. Okay, they're all such idiots. We cannot They cannot pretend to be a house of God. I mean, she makes it very explicit that she is there attacking them based on their religious observance. Like, this woman is effed. They're all going down. They are. They're all going down. This is so satisfying. God bless Pam Bondi. God bless Har Dylan. God bless Cash Patel. You guys, you go. Keep going. This is what we need to see. accountability for the lawlessness that we have seen time and time again on the progressive left. They are out of control. They are ruining this country.

20:37 And as I said on Monday, they crossed a red line going into that church and now they will be forced to pay. Can't wait for the mug shot for those ladies who love seeing their mugs on camera. And by the way, Don Lemons won't be far behind. A new year means new financial goals like making sure your savings are secure and diversified. Will this be the year you decide to talk to somebody from Birch Gold Group? You know, you've been thinking about it. They use an educated approach with a deep understanding of macroeconomics.

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Megyn Kelly on Feds ARRESTING Two Agitators in Connection with Anti-ICE Protest in Minnesota Church"?

Megyn Kelly (Guest), Nikima Levy Armstrong (Guest), Shantel Allen (Guest), Don Lemon (Guest).

What is "Megyn Kelly on Feds ARRESTING Two Agitators in Connection with Anti-ICE Protest in Minnesota Church" about?

Two individuals, Nikima Levy Armstrong and Shantel Allen, have been arrested by the FBI and Homeland Security for their involvement in an anti-ICE protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where their actions were deemed a violation of the federal Face Act. The arrests highlight the legal repercussions of obstructing individuals exercising their First Amendment rights, emphasizing the tensions…

What is mentioned in this Megyn Kelly episode?

8 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Naima Levy Armstrong, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, ICE, Shantel Luis Allen, David Easterwood, Donald Trump. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Megyn Kelly on Feds ARRESTING Two Agitators in Connection with Anti-ICE Protest in Minnesota Church"?

The episode runs 22 min; the transcript is about 3,704 words in 33 timestamped sections.

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