While the Department of Justice has filed charges against anti-ICE radicals linked to the disruption at a Saint Paul church service, Don Lemon is reportedly escaping charges.
Lemon claimed to have been acting as a journalist when he joined the group protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations by confronting a Saint Paul church whose pastor reportedly leads an ICE office.
‘Once the protest started in the church we did an act of journalism.’
According to CBS News sources, the Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint against the former CNN anchor.
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“The attorney general is enraged at the magistrate’s decision,” said a source said to be familiar with the matter to CBS.
However, another source said that the Justice Department had other avenues to seek charges against Lemon.
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