{"id":5195,"date":"2026-01-20T07:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/doj-eyes-charges-in-minnesota-anti-ice-church-protest-with-don-lemon\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T07:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:07:37","slug":"doj-eyes-charges-in-minnesota-anti-ice-church-protest-with-don-lemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/doj-eyes-charges-in-minnesota-anti-ice-church-protest-with-don-lemon\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Eyes Charges in Minnesota Anti-ICE Church Protest With Don Lemon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<section id=\"cb-9256471acdf0cd77da2109a1bdd8e1b8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/16\/4by3\/2026\/01\/19\/1609b68df1fc4c9d8d67816ec87ba736_md.jpg\" alt=\"don lemon church protest getty comp\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9256471acdf0cd77da2109a1bdd8e1b8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c0c6cf18933ce84193b2b8ed7f0e15d6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into an anti-ICE protest that tore through a Minnesota church service Sunday &#8230; and former CNN host <strong>Don Lemon<\/strong> could be swept up in it under the century-old &#8220;KKK Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c0c6cf18933ce84193b2b8ed7f0e15d6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9bf14cd8493893090d23bb8293ba31f8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>DOJ Assistant AG for Civil Rights <strong>Harmeet Dhillon<\/strong> tells TMZ &#8230; every demonstrator who stormed the Sunday service at Cities Church in St. Paul is now under federal investigation. When we asked if Don is in the crosshairs, Dhillon wouldn&#8217;t confirm or deny it, telling us to connect the dots ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9bf14cd8493893090d23bb8293ba31f8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-274bc4b9b52736dd801e7ed2d49f75fe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Don says he was merely doing his job &#8212; reporting a news story from the scene. But, on his livestream, Don is seen kissing the organizer of the protest on the cheek, which the feds might interpret as him having a closer connection to the group.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-274bc4b9b52736dd801e7ed2d49f75fe--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-55e58090b4f267f1e1af7b4b5f718d70\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-18bf9945-294f-4483-a36c-79a5c4607d9c-1784396134-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-18bf9945-294f-4483-a36c-79a5c4607d9c-1784396134-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ca\/16by9\/2026\/01\/19\/caecabd49b114d80a61dd024ab27d202_md.jpg\" alt=\"011926_don_lemon_live_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-55e58090b4f267f1e1af7b4b5f718d70--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bca3fabc7fd87b1bc7d5dce337eb95b9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Dhillon says FBI agents are already talking to witnesses, and while no formal charges have been filed yet, it\u2019s &#8220;fair to say&#8221; charges are coming under the <strong>Face Act<\/strong> and <strong>KKK Act<\/strong>, that make it a crime to terrorize and violate the civil rights of citizens.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bca3fabc7fd87b1bc7d5dce337eb95b9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-602e07ad505c4469900b2aa300f1324c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-6ea1e2da-917c-4cd4-a3bc-2d3a2097ae9b-1833091022-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-6ea1e2da-917c-4cd4-a3bc-2d3a2097ae9b-1833091022-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/96\/16by9\/2026\/01\/19\/965310a7d8cf43ef9f8950089ec8563b_md.png\" alt=\"011926_don_lemon_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TikTok\/@donlemon<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-602e07ad505c4469900b2aa300f1324c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2e05df333c2bee6af48d16d587b0789b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Lemon live-streamed the chaos as anti-ICE activists interrupted the service to protest federal immigration raids in Minnesota &#8212; part of a backlash after an ICE agent shot and killed <strong>Renee Good<\/strong> earlier this month. The pastor of Cities Church &#8212; <strong>David Easterwood<\/strong> &#8212; is <strong>believed to be<\/strong> a senior ICE official in the city.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2e05df333c2bee6af48d16d587b0789b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e0707152efa2002da3242db1bb0669be\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Now the whole thing is blowing up &#8230; and what started as a protest could spiral into federal charges for demonstrators and journalists alike &#8212; including Don.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e0707152efa2002da3242db1bb0669be--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into an anti-ICE protest that tore through a Minnesota church service Sunday &#8230; and former CNN host Don Lemon could be swept up in it under the century-old &#8220;KKK Act.&#8221; DOJ Assistant AG for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon tells TMZ &#8230; every demonstrator who stormed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-trends-and-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1609b68df1fc4c9d8d67816ec87ba736_xl.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}