Turning Point Contributor Attacked on Camera and Now the FBI Has a Question for the Man Who Started It

The left has been beating conservative journalists on camera for years and getting away with it.

Now one of their own is sitting at the center of an FBI investigation.

Harmeet Dhillon just made it official – and the man she's coming for has a rap sheet that goes back to January.

Savanah Hernandez Was Punched and Knocked Down Three Times on Camera

Savanah Hernandez, a reporter for Turning Point USA's Frontlines, was filming an anti-ICE protest Saturday on the public sidewalk outside Minneapolis' Whipple Federal Building when the mob turned on her.

She never interacted with the first attacker.

A woman in the crowd threw punches and knocked Hernandez to the pavement.

When she got back up, a man came from behind and shoved her to the ground again.

Then it happened a third time.

"I was just brutally assaulted by multiple people outside of the Whipple ICE facility in Minneapolis," Hernandez posted on X. "Multiple people swung on me and a grown man pushed me to the ground. My glasses are broken. ANTIFA still alive and well."

She left with scraped legs and a stiff neck.

The mob left with nothing – at least for the moment.

https://twitter.com/Savsays/status/2043336993514373245

Harmeet Dhillon Confirms FBI Is Investigating William Scott Kelly

After the assault, Hernandez named William Scott Kelly as the man who incited the crowd to come after her.

Kelly is not a random protester.

He goes by "DaWokeFarmer" online and has spent months targeting ICE officers, Trump supporters, and anyone connected to conservative Christianity.

In January, Kelly was part of the mob that stormed Cities Church in St. Paul – a Sunday service filled with children – screaming at congregants and telling kids their parents were Nazis who were going to burn in hell.

He was charged with conspiracy against rights for that incident.

He dared then-Attorney General Pam Bondi to arrest him.

And she actually did.

Now Hernandez has posted photos of Kelly at Saturday's attack, accusing him of directing the crowd against her – and Harmeet Dhillon had two words for him.

"On it."

Four Charged in Minneapolis Anti-ICE Protest Assault

That two-word reply on X was not a throwaway comment.

Dhillon confirmed Sunday that the FBI had opened a formal federal criminal investigation into the assault.

This is the same Dhillon who moved against Kelly and the Cities Church mob in January and delivered arrests within days.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is pursuing parallel state charges: three defendants are being charged in connection with the attack on Hernandez and a sheriff's deputy, and a fourth faces obstruction charges.

That's four defendants on state charges alone – before the federal case is even filed.

Hernandez made clear she is ready for what comes next.

"For far too long, the violent left has been allowed to get away with repeated attacks on journalists," she wrote. "I'm looking forward to justice being served."

ANTIFA Assault on Conservative Journalist Follows the Cities Church Storming

The Whipple Building has been a warzone for months.

Fifty-four protesters were arrested at an earlier demonstration there after hurling rocks at Minneapolis police.

The anti-ICE mob at Saturday's protest arrived with plastic bags full of dildos, which they slammed against the fence while screaming obscenities at law enforcement.

This is not organic protest.

This is an organized operation, with recurring actors, recurring targets, and a recurring victim class: anyone willing to hold a camera and document it.

Kelly fits the profile precisely – he spent months harassing congregants outside Pete Hegseth's Washington, D.C. church, helped storm Cities Church in January, took federal charges for it, and now stands accused of directing violence against a reporter in April.

The FBI didn't open this investigation because one journalist got shoved.

They opened it because the same network of agitators keeps appearing at every flash point, and the evidence is right there on video.

William Scott Kelly looked into Hernandez's camera on Saturday.

Dhillon is looking back.

Sources:

• Daily Caller News Foundation, "DOJ Signals Probe Into Brutal Assault Of Conservative Journalist Filming Anti-ICE Riot," The Daily Caller, April 12, 2026.
• FOX 9 Staff, "FBI investigating alleged assault of conservative journalist during anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis," FOX 9, April 13, 2026.
• CBS Minnesota Staff, "FBI investigating alleged assault of conservative journalist during anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis," CBS Minnesota, April 13, 2026.
• The Post Millennial Staff, "BREAKING: Frontlines journalist Savanah Hernandez brutally assaulted outside Minneapolis ICE facility," The Post Millennial, April 12, 2026.
• Fox News Staff, "FBI arrests Minnesota agitator who organized storming of St. Paul church," Fox News, January 22, 2026.
• Fox News Staff, "Anti-ICE agitator who stormed Minnesota church service also harassed congregants at Pete Hegseth's church," Fox News, January 20, 2026.