NEW: Wife of judge who refused to sign off on Don Lemon charges is Asst AG to Keith Ellison: report

The magistrate who refused to sign off on charges brought by the Department of Justice against Don Lemon for storming into a church in St. Paul, Minnesota has been identified as Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko, and his wife reportedly works as the assistant attorney general in Keith Ellison's office.

Micko's wife, Caitlin Micko, has also shown support for anti-ICE posts on LinkedIn, according to a report from Human Events Daily host Jack Posobiec.

After the DOJ sent charges against Lemon for alleged FACE Act violations, Micko reportedly refused to sign off on the charges. Lemon has denied involvement with the organizers who stormed the church in Minnesota, at least three of whom have not been detained, including Nekima Levy Armstrong, St Paul School Board member Chauntyll Louisa Allen, and left-wing agitator William Kelly.

Lemon claimed that he did not coordinate with the group on the storming of the church in St. Paul, Minnesota after the DOJ announced that they would be charging the left-wing agitators with FACE Act violations.

"So, I have no affiliation to that organization. I didn't even know they were going to this church until we followed them there. We were there chronicling protests. Once the protest started in the church, we did an act of journalism, which was report on it and talk to the people who were involved, which included a pastor and members of the church and members of the organization. That's it. It’s called journalism. First Amendment, all that stuff, for all of you people who believe in the First Amendment, absolutists, there you go," posted in a video to Instagram after the incident. 

Lemon, however, was seen giving Armstrong a kiss on the cheek prior to the storming of the church. He was also seen handing out coffee and donuts to those left-wing agitators who were involved in storming the church.