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From Protest to Prosecution: Two Indicted In Attack On TPUSA Reporter

Names are expected to be unsealed Wednesday.

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From Protest to Prosecution: Two Indicted In Attack On TPUSA Reporter
Screenshot from X: Savanah Hernandez

A federal grand jury has indicted two of the suspects involved in the assault on a Turning Point USA reporter at an anti-ICE protest earlier this month. 

The incident revolved around Savanah Hernandez, a TPUSA reporter who was allegedly attacked by the Ostroushko family while filming the protest in Minneapolis outside of a local ICE field office, as The Daily Wire previously reportedFederal sources told Fox News the individuals were indicted Tuesday, but their names have not yet been released. The indictments are expected to be unsealed Wednesday.

Three individuals were arrested at the time, including Chris Ostroushko, his daughter Paige, and Paige’s boyfriend, Lorenzo Garcia, 20, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office told the Daily Caller. 

Hernandez caught several of the attacks on video, where she could clearly be seen being harassed and shoved by the protesters. In one of the videos, Chris could be seen pushing Hernandez to the ground.

Another video shows the Ostroushko family discussing the attack beforehand, in which Chris can be heard telling his daughter to “Blow the whistle right in her f*cking ear.”

“I’m scared to report, Laura,” Hernandez told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham at the time. “This is my job. It’s what I’ve been doing for the last six years.”

“I can’t even interview people properly on the street because I get brutally assaulted and pushed to the ground by a 250-pound man for simply going and reporting on anti-ICE activities,” she added.

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon confirmed days after the incident that the Department of Justice and FBI would investigate. Just two weeks later, the indictments followed.

Hernandez praised the indictments in an X post: “Cannot express how grateful I am at how swiftly the DOJ and FBI handled this. They’ve been doing an incredible job for the American people lately and I could not be more appreciative.”

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