{"id":7188,"date":"2026-01-22T19:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/don-lemon-dodges-federal-charges-over-minnesota-anti-ice-church-protest\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T19:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:08:39","slug":"don-lemon-dodges-federal-charges-over-minnesota-anti-ice-church-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/don-lemon-dodges-federal-charges-over-minnesota-anti-ice-church-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon Dodges Federal Charges Over Minnesota Anti-ICE Church Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Minnesota Church Protest<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Judge Rejects DOJ Charges for Lemon<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-01-22T10:58:48-08:00\"><br \/>\n                              January 22, 2026<br \/>\n                            10:58 AM PST<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<section id=\"cb-5e0217408294b7fe99d3fbbde49bf1ee\" 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\/dc\/4by3\/2026\/01\/22\/dcc2d53e9bbc4296bfa4042569ece3a0_md.jpg\" alt=\"don-lemon-main-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5e0217408294b7fe99d3fbbde49bf1ee--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8c198de69e9a473aded1fdb88e6787e2\" 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><strong>Don Lemon<\/strong> looks like he&#8217;s off the hook in Minnesota &#8230; because a judge reportedly swatted away the U.S. Department of Justice&#8217;s first attempt to charge him with a crime over an anti-ICE protest that tore through a church service.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8c198de69e9a473aded1fdb88e6787e2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-29d36b0dd2b8aff7b782485943891687\" 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><strong>CNN<\/strong> reports a federal magistrate judge rejected the DOJ&#8217;s bid to bring charges against the former CNN host, who reported live from Sunday&#8217;s protest at Cities Church in St. Paul.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-29d36b0dd2b8aff7b782485943891687--><\/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-250361065-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-250361065-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-7f386181617ee811ceb4d455fec7bbd0\" 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>U.S. Attorney General <strong>Pam Bondi<\/strong>, who is in meeting with federal prosecutors in Minnesota, is reportedly &#8220;enraged&#8221; at the judge&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7f386181617ee811ceb4d455fec7bbd0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ce544229433d7734abf0dfbcaafc1d50\" 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>TMZ broke the story &#8230; the DOJ<strong> launched<\/strong> a criminal probe into the protest and DOJ Assistant AG for Civil Rights <strong>Harmeet Dhillon<\/strong> told us every demonstrator who stormed the church was under <strong>federal investigation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ce544229433d7734abf0dfbcaafc1d50--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f4b3a336b8809c7eda062a94cd01f5b7\" 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>About 30 to 40 anti-ICE protesters <strong>interrupted<\/strong> the service to confront the church&#8217;s pastor, <strong>David Easterwood<\/strong>, a <strong>Minneapolis ICE official<\/strong>. He was not present during the protest. The protest organizer was <strong>arrested this morning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f4b3a336b8809c7eda062a94cd01f5b7--><\/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-2144869179-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-2144869179-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-4aa005fc671e93c7b208c63c2ff8e382\" 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 told us he was just doing his job and reporting a news story from the scene &#8230; but on his livestream, he&#8217;s seen kissing the protest&#8217;s organizer on the cheek &#8230; and that&#8217;s exactly the kind of thing the feds could use to argue he wasn&#8217;t just an innocent bystander.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4aa005fc671e93c7b208c63c2ff8e382--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-aa7609a133d621b5ce089c2ec898bf98\" 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>For now, a judge isn&#8217;t having it &#8230; and the feds may have to go back to the drawing board here.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-aa7609a133d621b5ce089c2ec898bf98--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9e6049d32ddb553ad1bfd919f848ae8f\" 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>We reached out to the DOJ &#8230; 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