Don Lemon seeks dismissal of criminal charges, claims vindictive prosecution
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon's attorneys wrote that Trump's animosity toward Lemon "is well documented, stretching back over a decade."
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Former CNN anchor Don Lemon's attorneys wrote that Trump's animosity toward Lemon "is well documented, stretching back over a decade."
A judge dismissed charges against a woman whom police in St. Paul, Minnesota, say officers arrested for "disrupting" Easter Sunday services at Cities Church, the site where an anti-immigration enforcement protest in January led to federal prosecutors charging dozens of demonstrators and some journalists.
Police in St. Paul, Minnesota, say officers arrested a woman who was "disrupting" Easter Sunday services at Cities Church, the site where an anti-immigration enforcement protest in January led to federal prosecutors charging dozens of demonstrators and some journalists.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will join several other Democratic elected officials and well-known actors in giving unofficial responses to President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night, according to a news release about the event.
Twin Cities journalist Georgia Fort, indicted on federal charges after last month's protest inside St. Paul's Cities Church, entered a not guilty plea on Tuesday.
Twin Cities journalist Georgia Fort, indicted on federal charges after last month's protest inside St. Paul's Cities Church, entered a not guilty plea on Tuesday.
Dozens of people showed up and showed their support at the federal courthouse in St. Paul where former CNN Reporter Don Lemon and four others pleaded not guilty on Friday in connection with a protest that took place inside a church service. WCCO's Adam Duxter explains the charges.
Several people charged in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church whose pastor served as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official pleaded not guilty Friday afternoon in a St. Paul federal courtroom.
Activists, journalists and former CNN reporter Don Lemon have been accused of violating religious freedoms.
Last month, activist and former Twin Cities NAACP president Nekima Levy Armstrong was arrested following a protest at a Minnesota church where the leader of a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office serves as a pastor. In Talking Points, Esme Murphy sits down with Armstrong to discuss the protest, her arrest, and her reaction to what she calls a “diabolical” attempt to degrade her image.
Inexperienced prosecutors are testing FACE Act in their case against Don Lemon. But the law has constitutional problems that make it untenable to charge misconduct in a house of worship.
Don Lemon says he offered to turn himself in to face charges over his coverage of a protest at a church but federal agents were sent for him anyway.
Two more people have been arrested in connection to a protest that happened last month at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where one of its pastors runs the local ICE field office.
Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he had been covering the Grammy Awards, his attorney said.
Demonstrators in downtown Minneapolis and nationwide protested Minnesota's Operation Metro Surge and ICE action across the U.S. on Friday.
The Justice Dept. suggested independent journalist Don Lemon could be charged after he was seen in video of a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday.
Elon Musk defended his use of the drug in an interview with Ex-CNN host Don Lemon, pointing to his leadership of Tesla.
"After 17 years at CNN, I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly," he said in a statement.
The CNN anchor said 51-year-old Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was in no position to determine who is in their "prime" because of her age.
