The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) at an event in Minneapolis, the AP reports.

“Nine progressive prosecutors from cities around the country are launching a coalition to assist in prosecuting federal law enforcement officers who violate state laws,” the New York Times reports.

“The organization, which is called the Project for the Fight Against Federal Overreach… Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences…”

A man attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) while she was speaking during a Tuesday town hall meeting in Minneapolis, the Washington Post reports.

According to an initial police statement, the man used a syringe to spray an unknown liquid at Omar.

A new YouGov poll finds 57% of voters, including 61% of independents and even 21% of Republicans, say the federal agents who killed Alex Pretti over the weekend should face criminal charges.

“There have been three killings in Minneapolis since the beginning of the year. Two have been committed by federal agents, one ICE, and the other border control. That’s what we’re dealing with here.”

— Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), quoted by the Wall Street Journal.

“FBI Director Kash Patel has carried out another purge of the bureau’s senior ranks, forcing out field office leaders and other senior agents connected to the two criminal investigations of Donald Trump,” MS NOW reports.

“A federal jury on Thursday found a Chicago construction worker not guilty of charges he solicited the murder of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, delivering a swift repudiation in a case the Trump administration had held up as evidence of violence toward immigration officials,” the Chicago Tribune reports.

“A federal magistrate judge rejected the Justice Department’s initial attempt to bring charges against journalist Don Lemon for appearing alongside protesters who breached a Minnesota church over the weekend,” CNN reports.

Murders fell 21% last year in 35 large U.S. cities — the biggest one-year drop ever and likely the lowest rate since 1900, Axios reports.

“Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Andrew Johnson is scheduled to be tried on child molestation charges next month, following his July arrest, nearly six months after he and more than 1,500 Jan. 6 riot defendants were pardoned by President Trump,” CBS News reports.

“An Indiana judge and his wife were shot at their home on Sunday, prompting concerns for the safety of the state’s judiciary after recent increases in threats and violence against public officials nationally,” the New York Times reports.

“Six Minnesota federal prosecutors resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and its reluctance to investigate the shooter,” the New York Times reports.

“It seems increasingly unlikely that the agent who fired three times at the unarmed woman, Renee Nicole Good, will face criminal charges, although that could change as investigators collect new evidence,” the New York Times reports.

“Any eventual U.S. trial against ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro will rely on witness testimony from a seedy cast of characters — drug kingpins, corrupt generals and murderous government officials — all of whom are seeking lenient prison sentences and forgiving treatment from immigration deportation officers,” NOTUS reports.

“President Donald Trump has railed about foreign criminals who flood the United States with drugs for years. But this group cut deals with American law enforcement agencies and are now cooperating witnesses.”

The music mogul Sean Combs wrote a letter to President Trump seeking a pardon, the New York Times reports.

Trump said he is not considering granting the request.