Don Lemon Arrested By Feds For Role In Minnesota Church Protest

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday for 
allegedly violating the law for his role in an anti-ICE protest at a 
Minnesota church earlier this month, his attorneys say.

A statement from Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said he was arrested by 
federal authorities on Thursday night while covering the Grammy Awards 
in Los Angeles.

“Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally 
protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always 
done,” Lowell’s statement read. “The First Amendment exists to protect 
journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those 
in power accountable. There is no more important time for people like 
Don to be doing this work.”

Lemon joined a group of leftist rioters for a January 18 protest 
organized and promoted by the Racial Justice Network and Black Lives 
Matter Minnesota. The mob targeted Cities Church in St. Paul because 
one of its pastors allegedly worked with ICE. Rioters have descended on 
the Twin Cities since the January killing of Renee Good by an ICE 
agent.

The group’s leader, Nekima Levy-Armstrong, told Lemon that the protest 
was a “clandestine operation” to “disrupt business as usual.”

“Instead of investigating the federal agents who killed two peaceful 
Minnesota protesters, the Trump Justice Department is devoting its 
time, attention and resources to this arrest, and that is the real 
indictment of wrongdoing in this case,” Lowell, best known for 
defending Hunter Biden, wrote in his statement. “This unprecedented 
attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract 
attention from the many crises facing this administration will not 
stand.”

President Donald Trump said that the “troublemakers” behind the protest 
“should be thrown in jail,” and his administration roundly rejected 
Lemon’s claim that his activities were protected under the First 
Amendment. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon 
said that Lemon was “not out of legal jeopardy” and vowed that the 
Justice Department would “pursue” Lemon to the ends of the Earth.”

A federal appeals court earlier this month found probable cause to 
charge Lemon. The Justice Department will likely seek to charge Lemon 
under the FACE Act, a law that prohibits the disruption of worship 
services, which the Biden administration infamously used to prosecute 
peaceful anti-abortion protesters.

Lemon claims the Trump administration is going to prosecute him as 
punishment, suggesting that the Justice Department would even violate 
the law to see him locked up.

“If there’s no law to fit, they will try to fit or retrofit something 
or go around a judge and just do it themselves,” Lemon told fellow 
former CNN personality Alisyn Camerota earlier this month. “If one 
doesn’t work, then they try something else and that fails, and they try 
something else and then they just don’t give up.”

Three of the anti-ICE agitators who organized the church storming, 
including Armstrong, have been arrested by the FBI. William Kelly, a 
prominent professional protester who has demonstrated outside the 
church of War Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington, D.C., was among 
those who entered the sanctuary during the Sunday morning service.

The Justice Department is expected to hold a press conference on 
Lemon’s arrest later Friday.

[I wonder how much that sausage sucker paid 4imprint for his reporter
 cosplay gear?]

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