
Journalists Warn Of Serious Implications For Democracy Following Don Lemon’s Arrest
HuffPost
Prominent media personalities like Jake Tapper, Jake Acosta, Megyn Kelly and Mark Levin all had strong opinions about the former CNN newsman's arrest.
Not surprisingly, Don Lemon’s arrest on Friday in connection with his coverage of an anti-ICE protest earlier this month aroused strong reactions from fellow members of the media.
Lemon filmed protesters who stormed a Sunday morning service at Cities Church in St. Paul on Jan. 20, and alleged the church’s pastor, David Easterwood, was also a top ICE official in the state.
After the protest, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon called Lemon’s coverage of the protest “pseudo journalism” and said he was “on notice.”
The DOJ then tried to charge Lemon for being on the scene, only to be thwarted by a magistrate judge in Minnesota who refused to sign off on the charges.
That changed on Friday when Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the former CNN anchor’s arrest on X.













