Disgraced former CNN anchor Don Lemon is asking a federal judge to throw out the criminal charges against him over January's anti-ICE disruption at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, arguing that the Trump administration targeted him because of his journalism and political views.
Lemon and dozens of others were indicted in connection with the January 18 disruption of a worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul. Protesters stormed the church in what federal prosecutors described as a "coordinated takeover-style attack," engaging in acts of oppression, intimidation, threats, interference, and physical obstruction against parishioners exercising their religious freedom.
One of the church's pastors serves as an ICE official. Lemon livestreamed the chaos, followed the agitators inside, and later claimed he was merely "reporting."
Federal prosecutors charged Lemon under 18 U.S.C. §241, conspiracy against rights, and 18 U.S.C. §248, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
