Behind 'No Kings' St Paul protest: $250K production machine equal to a Def Leppard concert

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Slamhammer Sound & Roadcase Co. production manager Matt Svobodny walks Fox News Digital's senior editor of investigations, Asra Q. Nomani, through the logistics and equipment used during the 'No Kings' protest in St. Paul, Minn., on March 28, 2026. ST. PAUL, Minn. – When anti-Trump protesters took to the streets across the country in late March for rallies branded as "No Kings," CNN reported that anti-Trump protests had "popped up" nationwide, including at the Minnesota State Capitol. But a Fox News Digital investigation reveals that nine vendors were paid an estimated $250,000 to build a professionally-sophisticated protest infrastructure behind the "flagship" event held in St. Paul, and a former Obama and Biden administration political and communications strategist, Roger Fisk, took credit for being the "Senior Advisor to the #NoKings flagship even