1/22/2026: A federal magistrate judge rejected the Justice Department's initial attempt to bring charges against journalist Don Lemon for appearing alongside protesters...
Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko said prosecutors had failed to present evidence to justify the arrests.
1/24/2026: A federal appeals court brushed back a secretive, emergency effort by the Justice Department to revive rejected arrest warrants for Don Lemon and four other people...
Minnesota's chief district judge Patrick Schiltz refused DOJ's request to take immediate action to arrest Lemon. "Federal prosecutors raced to the 8th Circuit, asking the court to issue a rarely used "writ of mandamus" to force Schiltz to grant the government's request "
Late Friday, a three-judge panel of the appeals court rejected the Trump administration's demand. The panel included Obama appointee Jane Kelly and two Trump appointees, Steven Grasz and Jonathan Kobes.
DOJ could not abide by all these decisions, so they tried a fourth time by convening a grand jury, finally getting what they desperately needed to go after Lemon.
How utterly transparent, vindictive, and outrageous. A level of weaponization never seen before. Exacty what we all expected with the false cries and accusations about "weaponization" from the Got Only Projection party.
No amount of money paid to him is too much so long as he owns the libs.
If you think giving him your money owns the libs, go ahead and send him all of your savings. That will really drive us crazy.