DOJ sides with church suing Virginia Gov. Northam after pastor who held 16-person service faced fine, jail

The Justice Department is siding with a Virginia church suing Gov. Ralph Northam after police threatened a pastor with jail time or a $2,500 fine for violating the state’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions by holding a 16-person church service on Palm Sunday.

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