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DOJ says it will ‘pursue charges’ against Don Lemon, anti-ICE protesters for St. Paul church invasion
The New York Post ^ | 01/20/2026 | Chris Nesi

Posted on 01/20/2026 12:31:09 PM PST by thegagline

The Department of Justice will “pursue charges” against the anti-ICE agitators who invaded a Sunday church service in St. Paul, including disgraced former CNN reporter Don Lemon, who feebly attempted to cloak his participation in the chaos as an “act of journalism.”

Assistant attorney general for civil rights Harmeet Dhillon told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that the department “will pursue charges” related to the incident in which families and children were terrorized by a screaming mob of protesters at Cities Church.

Lemon “went into the facility, and then he began, quote, unquote ‘committing journalism,’ as if that’s a sort of shield from being a part, an embedded part, of a criminal conspiracy. It isn’t,” Dhillon clarified during an appearance on “The Benny Show” Monday.

*** “Whenever anyone conspires to violate the protected civil rights of American citizens, the Klan Act can be used to bring a conspiracy charge,” she said.

Video posted by Lemon himself before, during and after the church takeover showed he was very much part of the group, under the flimsy guise of “chronicling” the event as a journalist.

Ahead of the group barging into the house of worship, Lemon filmed a segment saying he had done some “reconnaissance” with the activists, which included members of Minnesota Black Lives Matter, who were milling about in a parking lot a few feet away. ***

“They’re planning an operation we’re going to follow them on. I can’t tell you exactly what they’re doing, but it’s called Operation Pull-Up,” he said coyly.

“So that’s what we’re doing here, and after we do this operation, you’ll see it live, these operations are surprise operations, again I can’t tell you where they’re going,” he said, readily admitting he had foreknowledge of what was about to take place.

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Glory be! Charging Lemon under the Klan Act is sweet justice.
1 posted on 01/20/2026 12:31:09 PM PST by thegagline
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To: thegagline

Wake me when….


2 posted on 01/20/2026 12:34:51 PM PST by iamgalt
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To: thegagline

But he is a ......journalist....who just happened to be there.


3 posted on 01/20/2026 12:36:10 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: thegagline

Like Nike used to say: Just Do It!
I guarantee you that right now, Don Lemon does NOT believe anything of consequence is going to happen, regardless of what the DOJ just announced.
“I’m untouchable!”


4 posted on 01/20/2026 12:37:07 PM PST by lee martell
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To: lee martell

Is deportation an option?


5 posted on 01/20/2026 12:38:08 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: lee martell

At this point I agree with him.


6 posted on 01/20/2026 12:38:22 PM PST by madison10 ("...the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty." Psalm 74:20b [NKJV])
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To: thegagline

Pull-up Big Boy Pants!


7 posted on 01/20/2026 12:40:05 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Resist Satan's Tyranny )
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To: iamgalt

“Wake me when….”

“WILL (future tense) pursue charges.” pfffft! (They will do no such thing)

They’re “looking into it”, per Alina Habba.

They’re “investigating”, per ... well ... everyone.


8 posted on 01/20/2026 12:41:59 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: thegagline

Free Speech includes the overtaking of a peaceful assembly?


9 posted on 01/20/2026 12:42:44 PM PST by Jolla
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Assistant attorney general for civil rights Harmeet Dhillon told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that the department “will pursue charges” related to the incident in which families and children were terrorized by a screaming mob of protesters at Cities Church.

Why invade a Church?

What did they expect to accomplish?

Is this church in some way anti-illegal immigrant?

I don't see any upside to invading a church.

10 posted on 01/20/2026 12:46:28 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: thegagline

Funny that the law was blatantly violated and nobody’s been arrested…


11 posted on 01/20/2026 12:47:31 PM PST by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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To: thegagline

The terrorists were screaming about “white nationalists” in the church. The most epic pic of the incident was of an ASIAN father and mother comforting their terrified ASIAN child.


12 posted on 01/20/2026 12:49:28 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

He was spawned, I mean born within the United States.
Wee-See-Anna.


13 posted on 01/20/2026 12:49:42 PM PST by lee martell
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To: thegagline

Breaking the Law is ... Breaking the Law.

Nowhere is it written that you are allowed to Break The Law if you are a journalist. That’s no protection for Lemon.


14 posted on 01/20/2026 12:50:52 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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To: thegagline

That’s the truth.


15 posted on 01/20/2026 12:51:53 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Jolla

Not in my book.


16 posted on 01/20/2026 12:52:12 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: thegagline

Good..now wake me up when I actually see these pricks in CUFFS


17 posted on 01/20/2026 12:53:32 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: shelterguy

Yeah “Journalist” my ass..he was NEVER a journalist, EVER..and right after wards he called everyone who goes to that church a “White Supremacist” ironically he doesn’t mind getting his ass reamed by one every night


18 posted on 01/20/2026 12:54:16 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: thegagline

Trespass, assault, kidnapping, and disturbing the peace for starters.


19 posted on 01/20/2026 1:00:12 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: thegagline

Quit talking and do it. Get that big mouth male demon who kept swearing at those parishioners too.


20 posted on 01/20/2026 1:00:48 PM PST by dforest
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