Last week, the Justice Department arrested former CNN anchor Don Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort for their alleged roles in the same protest. These new arrests come after that. According to federal charging documents, both could have broken the FACE Act.
A federal magistrate judge in Minnesota had already turned down the government’s first attempt to charge Don Lemon, calling it “frivolous.” Prosecutors later came back with new papers.
Lemon and Fort have both said that they were only there to report on the protest and not to take part in it.
Lemon and three other defendants arrested in connection with a protest inside a St. Paul church were released Friday following initial court appearances. Lemon said he plans to fight the charges after a federal grand jury indicted him and several journalists and activists in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. Continue reading…