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Posted on 01/22/2026 9:42:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint charging independent journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday, multiple sources familiar with the proceedings told CBS News.
"The attorney general is enraged at the magistrate's decision," said a source familiar with the matter. Attorney General Pam Bondi has been in Minnesota for two days, as the Justice Department has sought to surge prosecutorial and law enforcement resources there.
A different source stressed that the process is not over, and the Justice Department could find other avenues to charge Lemon.
The magistrate judge who declined to approve charges for Lemon was Douglas Micko, sources told CBS News. Micko previously worked as a federal public defender.
Lemon's attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement Thursday that the magistrate's actions "confirm the nature of Don's First Amendment protected work this weekend in Minnesota as a reporter."
"Should the Department of Justice continue with a stunning and troubling effort to silence and punish a journalist for doing his job, Don will call out their latest attack on the rule of law and fight any charges vigorously and thoroughly in court," Lowell said.
The government had hoped to charge Lemon along with a raft of other people who participated in the protest at the church.
On Thursday morning, Bondi announced two arrests connected to the church protests — Chauntyll Louisa Allen, who serves on the St. Paul School Board, and Nekima Levy Armstrong. Bondi alleged that Armstrong was involved in organizing the protest. Bondi later said a third person, William Kelly, was arrested.
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Insanity. There is no functioning judicial system in the US Federal system anymore. THis amounts to a failure of government and a reason for action by the other branches to correct the issue.
He needs to recuse himself.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Note the word "peaceably".
That fiasco was NOT peaceable, hence it does NOT fall under first amendment protection.
This judge signed more warrants for J6ers than any other judge. And was responsible for long sentences
He was previously in the DC District Court
Exactly.
The judges think they are defending Henry David Thoreau.
They aren’t.
You get to see all the gears of the corrupt, woke American deep-state running in synchronization
career agitators whose job is to riot for political spectacle
who belong to taxpayer and debt-funded, corrupt NGOs of all kinds
with CNN homo Don Lemon just happening to be along for the ride to amplify the media spectacle
going in front of corrupt leftist judges who can turn and manipulate the lawfare to the desired deep-state political ends
YAY !!! Can eat a bacon/ham sandwich while moslems pray in their mosque.
This is why I get sick of the "Why aren't they in prison?" rants. Even if it goes to trial, you know it will be held in a far left area where the jury will side with the Democrats.
Before we can have any chance of jailing someone, we need to win back the hearts and minds of the people who would serve on those juries.
And we're not goin to get there by continuing to fund the leftist propaganda machine with our TV subscriptions.
Perhaps the fine legal minds here at FR can shed some light on this. What the hell is a Federal Magistrate judge? And, why did Bondi not use a Federal Grand Jury process to gain indictments against the a$$clowns?
Politically motivated judges are useless.
If was doing his job and not protesting then there isn’t a problem.
The government needs to prove he wasn’t doing his job.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat (no offense to cats). They’ll find a different way to get the creep.
If these protestors used the same tactics at an abortion clinic, they would be facing years in prison.
The judge should be arrested for being part of the conspiracy.
All the papers and electronics in the offices and at home must be searched ad evidence for other charges
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