AFter Fox News broke the story of the sealed indictment handed up by a Minnesota federal grand jury yesterday in the matter of TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez, we received the Department of Justice press release with a copy of the indictment. The press release announces the indictment of the family that flays together — “suburban dad” Chris Ostroushko, wife DeYanna, and daughter Paige:
United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen today announced the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment charging Christopher Ostroushko, Deyanna Ostroushko, and Paige Ostroushko with assaulting a journalist while she was reporting on an anti-ICE protest on federal property in St. Paul Minnesota on April 11, 2026. Christopher Ostroushko and Paige Ostroushko are also charged with willfully and forcefully injuring and intimidating that journalist.
“These three individuals were indicted by a grand jury for allegedly assaulting journalist and Turning Point USA contributor Savannah Hernandez, while she was lawfully reporting on anti-ICE protests outside a federal building in St. Paul,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
“Hernandez was allegedly surrounded, physically assaulted, and shoved to the ground — simply because she was identified by the defendants as a conservative journalist. That is NOT ‘peaceful protest.’ These deplorable actions as charged in the indictment will not be tolerated in America, and this Department of Justice will always punish unhinged acts of political violence.”
“Political violence is a national scourge,” said United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen, “and federal law enforcement will not tolerate it.”
The Department of Justice press release is posted online here. The indictment charges four counts. The first count charges the “suburban” dad and his daughter with interference with a federally protected right in violation of 18. U.S.C. § 245(b)(1)(b). The remaining three counts charge mom, dad, and daughter with assault in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(5) and 2 [? — I am not sure what the “2” refers to].
More to come.
