From Protest to Prosecution: Family Indicted In Attack On TPUSA Reporter

A federal grand jury has indicted the family involved in the assault on a Turning Point USA reporter at an anti-ICE protest earlier this month. 

The incident revolved around Savanah Hernandez, a TPUSA reporter who was allegedly attacked by the Ostroushko family while filming the protest in Minneapolis outside of a local ICE field office, The Daily Wire previously reported. Federal sources told Fox News the individuals were indicted Tuesday, and their names were officially released Wednesday afternoon.

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, announced the federal charges on X, stating, “Today, Christopher, Deyanna, and Paige Ostrouchko 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.”

“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,'” he added. “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.”

FBI Director Kash Patel echoed Blanche’s warning: “Let this be a message to others who may try something similar – this FBI will find you.”

Three individuals were arrested at the time, including Chris Ostroushko, his daughter Paige, and Paige’s boyfriend, Lorenzo Garcia, 20, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office told The Daily Caller. The indictments, however, included the mother, Deyanna, but not Garcia.

Hernandez caught several of the attacks on video, where she could clearly be seen being harassed and shoved by the protesters. In one of the videos, Chris could be seen pushing Hernandez to the ground.

I’m waking up with a headache and stiff neck this morning due to how violently anti-ICE activist, Chris Ostroushko, shoved me down yesterday.

A second angle shows that he had to be held back by 5 men as he continued to charge at me.

I didn’t speak a word to him all day yet he… pic.twitter.com/LjDx1GMLnF

— Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) April 12, 2026

Another video shows the Ostroushko family discussing the attack beforehand, in which Chris can be heard telling his daughter to “Blow the whistle right in her f*cking ear.”

“I’m scared to report, Laura,” Hernandez told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham at the time. “This is my job. It’s what I’ve been doing for the last six years.”

“I can’t even interview people properly on the street because I get brutally assaulted and pushed to the ground by a 250-pound man for simply going and reporting on anti-ICE activities,” she added.

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon confirmed days after the incident that the Department of Justice and the FBI would investigate. Just two weeks later, the indictments followed.

Hernandez praised the indictments in an X post: “Cannot express how grateful I am at how swiftly the DOJ and FBI handled this. They’ve been doing an incredible job for the American people lately and I could not be more appreciative.”

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Editor’s Note: This story was updated with the names of those indicted after more information was revealed Wednesday afternoon.