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Swede

(38,713 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:50 PM Tuesday

Don Lemon says a dozen agents came to arrest him even though he offered to turn himself in

Independent journalist Don Lemon said about a dozen federal agents came to his Los Angeles hotel to arrest him last week, even though his attorney had told authorities he would turn himself in to face federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
Lemon told ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel that sending the agents was a waste of resources because law enforcement wouldn't have had to dispatch agents to follow him if he had been allowed to surrender to authorities.

“I was walking up to the room and I pressed the elevator button, and then all of a sudden, I feel myself being jostled and and people trying to grab me and put me in handcuffs,” he said Monday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/other/don-lemon-says-a-dozen-agents-came-to-arrest-him-even-though-he-offered-to-turn-himself-in/ar-AA1Vy4hI?uxmode=ruby&ocid=edgdhpruby&pc=U531&cvid=69828903d5134a1f949f253b9d3975a2&ei=10

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Don Lemon says a dozen agents came to arrest him even though he offered to turn himself in (Original Post) Swede Tuesday OP
Everything is a t$+&_p TV show circus NewHendoLib Tuesday #1
It's a good thing he offered to turn himself in DFW Tuesday #2
As many have said, the process IS the punishment. CincyDem Tuesday #3

DFW

(59,864 posts)
2. It's a good thing he offered to turn himself in
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:54 PM
Tuesday

Otherwise, they would have sent fifty agents armed with howitzers.

CincyDem

(7,340 posts)
3. As many have said, the process IS the punishment.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:49 PM
Tuesday

Doesn't matter to the DoJ if walks...the fact they can drag his butt through the ringer is all they care about.

What asshats.

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