Don Lemon Arrested

Posted • January 30, 2026: We first heard this from Bill Melugin: “Per multiple law enforcement sources, former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles this morning in connection to the storming of a church in Minnesota by anti-ICE agitators.” —— Mr. Melugin has shifted to reporting it as a fact: 🚨 Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested by federal agents in connection with the Minneapolis church storming. —— There were rumors that a magistrate judge had admitted that there was probable cause for an arrest, but still refused to sign off on it. We are sure the left will scream that ‘the Trump administration has arrested a journalist’ but we will offer a more reasoned analysis. First, just about anyone can be a journalist in this author’s eyes. Journalism is a thing you do, not something you are and, unlike the legal profession, there is no licensing board (nor should there be).

Second, relatedly, wearing a press badge or otherwise presenting yourself as a journalist (validly or invalidly) is not a license to commit crimes. Certainly, we don’t think a press badge allows you to escape justice if you commit a mass shooting as long as you are also reporting on it. Third, we do tend to think that if the charge amounts to merely observing what these church invaders did, even if he knew ahead of time what they were going to do, then the charge would be unjust under the First Amendment. But if they allege that he participated in the invasion of this church—including participating in the planning of this invasion of the church—then the charge is just. People have a right to film public and newsworthy events, but only so long as they act as an observer, not a participant. We are sure we will see the charges soon, and we can judge at that time which side of the legal line his conduct fell on at that time. (…)

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Twitchy: Straight Up ROFL! Don Lemon's Attorney's Statement on Arrest ALMOST As Hilarious As Arrest Itself
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