Religious Rights vs. Press Freedoms: DOJ Defends Don Lemon Arrest
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the DOJ’s arrest of journalist Don Lemon over an immigration protest inside a Minneapolis church, arguing the case requires weighing freedom of religion against freedom of the press; Lemon is charged with conspiring to deprive congregants of civil rights and violating the FACE Act and has pleaded not guilty, with Blanche stressing the arrests address alleged crimes, not punishing journalists.
- Don Lemon’s arrest balances freedom of religion vs. freedom of the press, Todd Blanche says Politico
- Don Lemon and Georgia Fort vow to continue reporting following arrests tied to anti-ICE protest NPR
- Don Lemon Released Without Bond Over Minnesota Protest Charge The New York Times
- Federal Agents Just Arrested an Army Veteran—After He Protested ICE Outside a Church Mother Jones
- Blanche claims Lemon was ‘part of the planning’ of Minneapolis church protest The Hill
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