DHS Agents Infiltrated 15 Minnesota Protesters’ Chats, Meetings and Movements
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 25
DHS Agents Infiltrated 15 Minnesota Protesters’ Chats, Meetings and Movements
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 25
Summary
Court-disclosed DHS records show undercover agents did more than observe anti-ICE activists in Minnesota: they joined Signal chats, attended trainings and meetings, offered fundraising and logistics help, and photographed organizers and demonstrations.
One HSI agent using the Signal handle “peanutbutterjelly” was deployed in December 2025 to gather intelligence on alleged networks supporting efforts to impede ICE, even though reports from meetings repeatedly noted organizers stressed peaceful protest and found no public-safety threats.
Tuesday’s files also describe two undercover agents at a January Sunrise Movement library meeting and a February operation in which 9 agents trailed 4 protesters from home to coffee and church to map their “pattern of life.”
The disclosures emerged in the Justice Department’s case against 15 Minneapolis protesters accused of conspiring against ICE; civil-rights lawyers say the records show lawful protest was being criminalized under a broader DHS surveillance push tied to Trump’s anti-“antifa” order.