Federal authorities charged former CNN host Don Lemon with federal civil rights crimes Friday in connection with the Jan. 18 disruption of a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The longtime TV personality, along with several other defendants, is charged with conspiracy to deprive rights and interfering by force with someone’s First Amendment rights, which are violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) and Ku Klux Klan Acts, according to the indictment against Lemon and other defendants. Authorities arrested Lemon in Los Angeles, California, Thursday night.
Lemon and a group of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters burst into Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, during the Jan. 18 worship services and proceeded to scream and chant slogans. Lemon live-streamed himself inside the
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