BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - A significant number of employees, teachers, professors, and students have faced disciplinary action following last week’s killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Trump administration would “go after” any person who is “targeting anyone with hate speech” during an appearance this week on The Katie Miller Podcast .

Bondi later clarified her comments on X , “We are not prosecuting people for nasty speech alone — but true incitement to violence, or hate-motivated attacks, are illegal and will be treated as such by this DOJ!”

KBTX Legal Analyst Shane Phelps, a local attorney from Bryan-College Station, joined KBTX News at Four to discuss the various thresholds for protected free speech under the First Amendment.

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