Feds Arrest Don Lemon For Doing Actual Journalism, Somehow

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KEY POINTS

•Former CNN star Don Lemon was arrested Thursday after covering an anti-ICE protest inside a Minnesota church.
•The DOJ’s first attempt to charge him failed due to insufficient evidence, but they tried again anyway.
•Lemon’s lawyer slammed the arrest as a political distraction from Agents killing protesters and House Democrats avoiding Minnesota.

In a plot twist heavier than a New Orleans gumbo pot, ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday after interviewing anti-ICE protesters and clergy at a Minnesota church – a place where federal agents apparently prefer peace to press coverage. This all unfolded after a magistrate judge threw out DOJ’s initial case citing a shocking concept: lack of evidence. Lemon’s lawyer Abbe Lowell roasted the Trump DOJ for chasing Lemon instead of agents who killed two protesters, calling it an 'unprecedented attack on the First Amendment' and a distraction from 'many crises' – presumably, including why politicians told House Democrats not to visit Minnesota. Lemon’s only crime: asking questions while conservatives erupted in outrage mid-January.

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Mockingbird News

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Don Lemon gets arrested for journalism while the real criminals get a polite invite to Thanksgiving dinner. America’s priorities look like a Kafka novel, but with worse cable news.

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