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IcyPeas

(25,081 posts)
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 03:44 PM 16 hrs ago

Feds arrest Don Lemon,

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon and an independent Minnesota journalist, Georgia Fort, were among four people arrested by federal agents in connection to an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minnesota.

Journalists, press advocates and Democratic lawmakers accused the Trump administration of attempting to intimidate independent accountability reporting.

The actual criminal charges have not been unsealed. Protesters interrupted a religious service at the church, where a A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official serves as a pastor.


Journalist Don Lemon arrested over Minnesota church protest https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5693756/don-lemon-arrest-cnn-minneapolis

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doc03

(38,907 posts)
1. Why he was arrested liberal journalist check, black check , gay check. He has been the Fox
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 03:56 PM
15 hrs ago

whipping post for years. The three top MAGA issues all in one.

IcyPeas

(25,081 posts)
3. This was their second attempt to arrest him. First judge said no.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 04:00 PM
15 hrs ago

From Slate:

Whatever protesters did or didn’t do, Lemon was not demonstrating; he identified himself as a journalist and was clear he was documenting the protest, not participating in it. These arrests came after the Trump Department of Justice’s original criminal complaint against Lemon was rejected because a federal judge—a man who was a former clerk for conservative icon Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and a George W. Bush appointee—found there was no probable cause to arrest him.

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