Husband of alleged Minnesota church invasion organizer dismisses 'Beavis and Butt-Head' DOJ prosecution

The hubby of a pistillate whom Attorney General Pam Bondi said "played a cardinal role" successful the storming of a religion successful Minnesota this week by an anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) mob is present speaking out, slamming the "Beavis and Butt-Head" prosecution. 

Marques Armstrong made a notation to the cult MTV sitcom arsenic helium spoke Thursday pursuing the apprehension of his woman Nekima Levy Armstrong. Chauntyll Louisa Allen and William Kelly were besides taken into custody. 

"Continue to commune for us. Understand that this is not our archetypal rodeo. Threats connected our lives person been coming since we person been doing this work," Armstrong said.  

"I won't spell into excessively overmuch item astir the Beavis and Butt-Head amusement for the prosecution," helium continued.

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Marques Armstrong, the hubby of Nekima Levy Armstrong, speaks retired pursuing her apprehension connected Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.  (Fox News)

"We are making a statement, we are making a basal not conscionable for the individuals here, not conscionable our state, but for this full nation. I privation to promote america to proceed to basal up and peacefully protest. We cannot spend to instrumentality the bait," Armstrong added. "I repeat, we cannot spend to instrumentality the bait and beryllium provoked into violence. That volition springiness the radical implicit successful the medication the greenish airy to unleash much hellhole upon our state." 

FBI Director Kash Patel said Armstrong's apprehension was successful transportation with an alleged usurpation of the FACE Act, which prohibits interfering with the workout of religion astatine a spot of worship. Kelly allegedly stormed the Cities Church work successful St. Paul and berated congregants, according to video posted online, portion Allen is simply a subordinate of the St. Paul School Board who besides helped signifier the protest. 

"Minutes ago at my direction, HSI and FBI agents executed an apprehension successful Minnesota," Bondi wrote connected X connected Thursday, adding, "We person arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who allegedly played a cardinal relation successful organizing the coordinated onslaught connected Cities Church successful St. Paul, Minnesota."

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The arrests of Chauntyll Allen, left, and Nekima Levy Armstrong, close were announced connected Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Angelina Katsanis/Star Tribune via Getty Images | Chris Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"Listen large and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP," Bondi besides said. 

Marques Armstrong said connected Thursday that, "My woman wasn't taken." 

"She gave herself up, tall, nary crime. Y'all cognize who she is. She is fierce, she is strong, and she is powerful. That is however she stood. We person the videos to beryllium that, to dispel the lies and the twisting of the information that this medication perpetually does connected a accordant basis. And for those of you who are pursuing this radical of liars, criminals, thieves, shame connected you," helium said. 

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Justice Department for comment.

Federal authorities arrested Chauntyll Allen, person of Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, left, agitator William Kelly, center, and Nekima Levy Armstrong, Racial Justice Network leader, right, aft a mob invaded a St. Paul, Minnesota, church, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Department of Homeland Security)

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"The actions of Chauntyll Allen, my wife, Nekima Levy Armstrong, and each of the protesters were not criminal, violent, oregon destructive," Armstrong besides said. "They did not harm immoderate idiosyncratic oregon animal, harm property, oregon incite chaos. Their behaviour remained nonviolent, verbal, restrained, which matters some morally and legally. What motivated their enactment was not lawlessness but consciousness." 

Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.