If Minnesota churchgoers expected state and local officials to rise in defense of religious liberty after a mob stormed Cities Church in St. Paul last Sunday, those hopes may have just collided with an unsettling truth: One of the protesters involved in the disruptive incident works for the very prosecutor’s office tasked with upholding the law in Hennepin County.
Jamael Lundy, who serves as intergovernmental affairs coordinator for Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty — a progressive prosecutor backed by funding from George Soros-aligned networks — was identified among the group of agitators who halted a worship service and harassed congregants in a church sanctuary. As it turns out, Lundy is not just a government employee. He’s a Democratic candidate for the Minnesota State Senate, married to a St. Paul city councilmember, and actively embedded in the state’s political and activist infrastructure.
Lundy was front and center during pre-protest planning, holding an upside-down American flag as he was interviewed by Don Lemon — the former CNN anchor whose own actions are now under federal scrutiny. In a statement that undercut Lemon’s insistence that the demonstration was purely grassroots, Lundy acknowledged on camera: “I work closely with elected officials... direct action from the community, certainly within the lines of the law, is so important.”
The irony, of course, is that the event he joined appears to have crossed legal lines in plain sight. Footage shows protesters forcing congregants to flee the sanctuary, some slipping on the icy ground outside in the panic. Inside, chants of “OUT! OUT!” echoed as agitators called for the pastor to be expelled based on a still-unconfirmed rumor that he was an ICE agent. One protester reportedly declared, “This ain’t God’s house — it’s the house of the devil.”
That isn’t protest. That’s targeted intimidation.
And yet, Minnesota’s top law enforcement officials — including Attorney General Keith Ellison — have gone to great lengths to downplay the event. Ellison, in fact, claimed he wasn’t even sure what happened, then blamed the incident on President Trump and “Operation Metro Surge,” as though federal immigration enforcement justifies storming a private worship service.
But the federal government is not looking the other way. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed a federal investigation is active, with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon vowing, “We will not rest until we are able to deliver justice.” Dhillon has cited the FACE Act, which prohibits obstructing worship services, and the Ku Klux Klan Act, which criminalizes efforts to deprive citizens of their civil rights. Both may apply here.
Lundy’s involvement — and Lemon’s tone-deaf framing — expose something deeper: a disturbing overlap between activist disruptions and those who hold power within the justice system. In his role with Moriarty’s office, Lundy is precisely the individual who would coordinate with the DOJ on matters such as these. Now, he may be facing the department from the opposite side of the law.
That conflict of interest is not merely symbolic. Moriarty’s office is already under federal scrutiny for allegedly factoring a suspect’s racial identity into charging decisions. The DOJ’s ongoing investigation into that matter could be further complicated by the presence of one of her staffers at the center of this new firestorm.
And then there’s Lundy’s personal business dealings. His company, Homes for Homies Property Management LLC, claims to offer affordable housing to people “without credit or criminal background barriers,” open to “all residents of all statuses.” On social media, he’s even suggested renting to illegal immigrants using subsidized federal housing funds — another potential red flag given the ongoing HUD investigation into discriminatory housing practices in Minneapolis.
