Ellison: Church Protest Is Free Speech and Is Trump’s Fault and ‘I Don’t Know What Happened’

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) defended people barging into a church in St. Paul as “First Amendment activity” and also said, “I wasn’t there. I don’t know what happened. I can only tell you that the president is causing all of this.”

Host Erin Burnett asked, “I just want to start with that protest at the church in St. Paul, which is now getting so much coverage. And, of course, now, the DOJ, you heard Todd Blanche just speaking out moments ago about it, the Deputy Attorney General, do you think the DOJ has any case against any of the protesters there?”

Ellison answered, “Well, we live in the age wherein people like Jerome Powell are under investigation,